NYPD officer shot and killed during traffic stop in Queens

NEW YORK — An NYPD officer was once shot and killed in the road of responsibility on Monday in Far Rockaway, Queens.

Mayor Eric Adams made the announcement during a news convention later in the night time.

The officer, recognized as three-year veteran Jonathan Diller, was once shot in the torso, beneath his bullet-resistant vest, during a traffic stop and was once taken to Jamaica Hospital, the place he later died.

Two suspects had been taken into custody.

“We lost Jonathan tonight and Stephanie, his wife, speaking with her is extremely impactful. It brought me back at the beginning of my term as mayor speaking with the family members of officers Rivera and Mora, feeling that intense pain, hoping it’s not true,” Adams stated.

“It’s because of a senseless act of violence that we witness a person had a total disregard for the safety of this city,” the mayor persevered. “It is the good guys against the bad guys and these bad guys are violent. They carry guns and the symbol of our public safety, which is police uniform, they have a total disregard for.”

Police Commissioner Edward Caban stated Officer Diller, 31, “was shot doing the job we asked him to do. He put himself in harm’s way. He went toward the danger, all to keep the people we serve safe and to protect his fellow New Yorkers. Make no mistake, we should not be here right now. We should never be here praying for the life of an NYPD officer, but we are and this is why.”

Police stated the officials, who had been individuals of the dep.’s Critical Response Team, performed the traffic stop at 1919 Mott Ave., close to Beach twentieth Street, at round 5:48 p.m. As they approached the automobile, one of the vital suspects displayed a gun and pointed it on the officials. Shots had been then fired. The officer’s spouse returned hearth on the armed suspect, putting him. That suspect was once additionally taken to Jamaica Hospital and was once stated to be in solid situation.

“He was given a lawful order numerous times to step out of the car. He refused. When the officer took him out of the car, instead of stepping out of the car, he shot our officer,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny stated.

Deon Peters, who works in the world, described a chaotic scene.

“I heard ‘pop.’ Then I heard it again and I knew it was gunshots. I came outside, I saw two guys on the floor. He was moving. He was saying, ‘I’m hit. I’m hit,’ giving location and all that,” Peters stated of Diller. “They were running. People were scattering all over because they didn’t know what was going on. It was kind of confusing.” 

Kenny stated one of the vital suspects, the driving force of the auto that was once stopped by way of the officials, did have a gun arrest again in April of 2023.

“April 2023, less than a year, a gun charge, back on the street,” Adams stated. “This is what you call not a crime problem, a recidivist problem. Same bad people doing bad things to good people. Less than a year, he’s back on the streets with another gun.”

The dignified switch of Officer Diller made its manner from Jamaica Hospital to the Medical Examiner’s Officer, as his heartbroken brothers in blue amassed, all whilst the fallen officer’s family members attempted to return to grips with the tragedy.

“This family upstairs, young wife who’s devastated. These police officers who packed the halls just lost brother. Our hero police officer confronted this dangerous individual knowing he was putting himself at risk, knowing he had a family waiting for him at home, but he did it to protect the people of this city,” a Police Benevolent Association authentic stated.

The NYPD stated Officer Diller, who was once married with a kid, made greater than 70 arrests during his time at the pressure.

It can be an excessively tricky week forward, because the NYPD will get in a position to mention farewell to one in all its greatest.