NYPD officer killed and another injured during domestic disturbance call

Incident occurred in Harlem, as four officers have now been shot in New York City in as many days

The 22-year-old New York City police officer who was shot dead while responding to a call in a Harlem apartment on Friday night came from an immigrant family and grew up in a community with strained police relations, but once wrote that he joined the force to make a difference in the chaotic city".

I know that something as small as helping a tourist with directions, or helping a couple resolve an issue, will put a smile on someone's face," Jason Rivera wrote to his commanding officer in 2020, when he was a probationary police officer.