The shooting happened before 6 p.m. in Far Rockaway on Monday, sources say.
There were two men inside the car that had been pulled over. The passenger refused to get out and pointed a gun at the officers, according to police. He then fired, shooting an officer in the torso underneath his bulletproof vest.Officer Jonathan Diller, who had been with the department for three years and was assigned to the NYPD's Critical Response Team, was with another officer in the Far Rockaway neighborhood near Mott Avenue and Beach 19th Street before 6 p.m.
Diller's partner also fired, striking the suspect. The suspect then dropped the gun, and Diller tried to grab it.Diller was rushed to the hospital in critical condition, where he later died, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said in the press conference. "This dangerous individual inflicted a level of violence that took the life of a police officer, of a husband, a son," Adams continued."This is a loved one that we lost, a young man. My heart goes out to his family...We lost one of our sons today, and it is extremely painful."The driver of the car that had been pulled over was previously arrested on gun charges in April 2023, according to police officials. However, the driver was not the man with the gun who shot the officer.
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