thursday. funeral services friday for rivera at famous st. patrick s cathedral. back to you guys. rachel: thank you, ashley. such terrible news. the funeral st. patrick s cathedral, cardinal dolan was seen going into the hospital, giving last rights to the officer mora he is in critical condition. we re praying for him. officer rivera, will and joey was a dominican american. in his community i wanted to bring his community, be the bridge between law enforcement, keeping the community safe and those who mistrusted law enforcement and he wanted to be that bridge and there is a tiktok video going around heart-breaking see him on the beat. his buddies taking video of him. his smile is just infectious. our hearts just go out to all of those involved in this, the families, his young widow.
inside st. patricks cathedral. i feel so bad. so sad. so young. reporter: the wake after an emotional syringeal held last night where officer rivera and partner wilbert mora were remembered by their brothers in blue. reporter: rivera was the son of dominican immigrants and joined the nypd in 2020 calling it the greatest police force in the world. he hoped by serving he could help ease tensions between the community and police. when he was a little boy, he would say i want to take care of the people, that s why he wanted to be a policeman. reporter: friday rivera and mora were shot while responding to a domestic violence call. rivera died that night and mora, 27, died four days later. last year 69 officers were killed in the line of duty, a
outside of st. patrick s cathedral. there to pay their respects to the fallen new york city police officer jason rivera. officer rivera shot and killed one week ago while responding to a domestic dispute. you can see the youthful face. he was only 22 years old. rivera s widow dominique sharing some powerful, heartbreaking words at that service. the system continues to fail us. we are not safe anymore. not even the members of the service. i know you were tired of these laws, especially the ones from the new da. i hope he s watching you speak through me right now. best wishes for the family heading forward. our best wishes for you heading through the weekend. we ll see you on monday. ana cabrera picks up our
this thing has been on the ball for 50 years. you could teach classes on fighting. i think that to me it is confusing everyone in the 60s did anyone even ask what that means? you will never know. the beatles, that paul mccartney would want to create wings with his wife. the second hour live from new york city. speaking live, we are on sixth avenue, one block over is st. patrick s cathedral. that is worth thousands are expected to gather to pay their respects to a fallen new york city police department officer. jason prepare is only 22 years old and there is his partner. he was also killed.
department mourning the death ofs two of its own. hundreds expected to attend a public funeral service for 22-year-old jason rivera today. rivera and his partner, 27-year-old wilber mora, both were shot while responding to a domestic disturbance call in manhattan last week. the suspect in that case also was shot by a third officer and later died from his injuries. joining us now out site st. patrick s cathedral in new york city where today s funeral will be held, nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard. what is it looking like today? reporter: willie, for those who know manhattan here, several blocks around 30 rock where we are located and right outside st. patrick s cathedral where the funeral for 22-year-old jason rivera will be held today are shut down. already hundreds of nypd officers are here on site ahead of the funeral service that is slated to start in just an hour and a half. we are talking about a 22-year-old officer, a young officer, a married man who was