Jason Rivera parents brust into tears as the body of Jason was left to the medical examiner following his funeral. Stick with this article as we have a look at life of the late NYPD Police Officer.
Jason Rivera was an NYPD Police Officer. On Friday night in Harlem, he was shot and killed. In an ambush by a madman at a Harlem apartment Friday, he was gunned down along with NYPD partner Wilbert Mora, 27.
Rivera was shot and killed while attending to a report about a domestic dispute. Another cop was seriously injured. He was only 22 years old. Jason Rivera graduated from Washington Heights Expedition Learning School.
His high school teacher Samantha said that he was always that person who would go run to try to help and to try to solve a problem.
Jason’s funeral took place in St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Friday, 28 January.
Who Are Jason Rivera Parents?
Jason Rivera, despite being born to immigrant parents, spent years serving the US as a police officer and eventually sacrificed his life for the country. Jason Rivera and his parents came to Manhattan as a outsider where Jason grew up and studied.
According to a friend, the father of slain Harlem cop Jason Rivera is a “broken” man who is still unable to comprehend his son’s death.
NYPD Officer Siblings And Family
Late NYPD Police Officer Jason Rivera’s friends, siblings, and family honored him with a 2 mile run in Inwood. Jason Rivera has a brother. His brother said to the crowd, “Don’t forget my brother because he loved all of you” after the tragic death of Jason.
Eyewitness News ABC7NY covered his story recently and in his funeral in Riverdale funeral home, his mother burst into tears and overcame with emotions as her family made arrangements for the services for a later week. She says, “He lied to take care of everybody on the street”.
Was Jason Rivera Married?
Jason Rivera was married to a beautiful girl. Jason tied knots with his wife on October 9. Her wife says that it was the day they will never forget because it was the day they got married. Today a widow, she tells her late husband, “fly high, my beautiful angel.”
Now a widow, she along with her family are going through tragedy and hard times dealing with emotions.