GoFundMe created for NYPD officer killed during Queens traffic stop
NEW YORK (PIX11) -- A GoFundMe has been started for Jonathan Diller, the NYPD officer who was shot and killed in Queens Monday evening.
Diller, 31, was a husband and a father to a young child. His death was described as a “senseless act of violence,” and Mayor Eric Adams called him a hero.
“We lost Jonathan tonight. And Stephanie, his wife, I was speaking with her, was extremely impactful,” Adams said during a briefing at the hospital Monday night.
The funeral service for Diller will be held at Saint Rose of Lima R.C. Church in Massapequa at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. Diller will be interred at Saint Charles Cemetery in Farmingdale.
Visitations will be held multiple times on Thursday and Friday before the funeral. They will take place at Massapequa Funeral Home from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on both days.
“Our hero police officer confronted this dangerous individual knowing that he was putting himself at risk, knowing that he had a family waiting for him at home. But he did it to protect the people of this city, and we need every single New Yorker to be with this family,” said New York City Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Hendry.
Diller is the first NYPD officer to be killed in the line of duty since 2022 when officers Wilbert Mora and Jason Rivera were ambushed and killed in Harlem.
You can donate to the GoFundMe here. At the time of this story, the GoFundMe was over $120,000.
This story is comprised of reporting by Finn Hoogensen.
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