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Second NYPD Officer Dies Four Days After Harlem Shooting Ambush

The second NYPD officer shot in Harlem last Friday has died, according to NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell. “Wilbert is 3 times a hero,” Commissioner Sewell wrote on social media. “For choosing a life of service.

The second NYPD officer shot in Harlem last Friday has died, according to NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell.

“Wilbert is 3 times a hero,” Commissioner Sewell wrote on social media. “For choosing a life of service. For sacrificing his life to protect others. For giving life even in death through organ donation. Our heads are bowed & our hearts are heavy.”

Officer Wilbert Mora, 27, was taken off life support at NYU Langone hospital in Manhattan, Jan. 25. Mora underwent two surgeries after he was shot in the head and a bullet lodged in his brain, authorities said.

Organs of slain 27-year-old officer to be donated

PROSPECT HEIGHTS — The second NYPD officer shot in Harlem last Friday has died, according to NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell.

“Wilbert is 3 times a hero,” Commissioner Sewell wrote on social media. “For choosing a life of service. For sacrificing his life [...]




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