NYPD Officer Wilbert Mora To Be Laid To Rest This Week
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Funeral services will be held this week for the second NYPD officer killed in the line of duty in Harlem.
Officer Wilbert Mora's wake is scheduled for 1 p.m. Tuesday at St. Patrick's Cathedral. His funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday.
CBS News New York will stream Mora's funeral service live. It will also air live on WLNY-TV 10/55.
After the service, a motorcade will bring Mora's casket to Calvary Cemetery in Woodside, Queens where he will be buried.
Mora and his partner, Det. Jason Rivera, were shot while responding to a 911 call on Jan. 21. Rivera, 22, died that night and was laid to rest last week.
Mora underwent two surgeries but never regained consciousness. He was put on life support so his heart, liver, pancreas and kidneys could be recovered for transplant.
The 27-year-old joined the department in 2018, the same year he graduated from CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice with a bachelor's degree. He had 35 arrests on his record and aspirations to become a sergeant.
Editor's note: This story was first posted Jan. 30 and has been updated.