NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Officer Wilbert Mora, one of the two NYPD cops fatally shot in a Harlem ambush last month, will be honored with a wake at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Tuesday.
Thousands of mourners are once again expected to attend when the wake begins at 1 p.m., less than a week after his partner, 22-year-old Jason Rivera, received an emotional final salute.
Mayor Eric Adams is scheduled to attend the wake Tuesday evening.
A funeral mass presided over by Cardinal Timothy Dolan will also be held Wednesday at the famed church honoring Mora, 27, who died days after the deadly shootout precipitated by a domestic disturbance call on Jan. 21.
Mora was kept on life support and transferred from Harlem Hospital to NYU Langone Medical Center so that his organs could be donated in accordance with his and his family’s wishes.
NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell called the 4-year veteran of the force "three times a hero" for choosing a life of service, sacrificing his life to protect others, and "giving life even in death."
Meanwhile, the NYPD is also looking into threats against the officers attending the funeral allegedly made by Terrell Harper, 39, of Monmouth County, NJ., who was captured last year taunting police in Lower Manhattan and using racial slurs and threats against them.
He is now being investigated for videos he posted on social media threatening any officer that attends Mora's funeral.
Paul DiGiacomo, president of the Detectives Endowment Association, called the threat a "grave concern" that needs to be monitored.
"Any threat against a New York City police officer — any police officer should be investigated," he added.
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