NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- An NYPD officer was fatally shot Monday night during a vehicle stop in Far Rockaway, Queens.
The NYPD identified the officer as Jonathan Diller.
NYPD commissioner Edward Caban posted a photo of Diller on X, writing, "Tonight this city lost a hero, a wife lost her husband, and a young child lost their father. We struggle to find the words to express the tragedy of losing one of our own. The work that Police Officer Jonathan Diller did each day to make this city a safer place will NEVER be forgotten. Our prayers are with his family, loved ones, and brothers and sisters in blue."
"We lost one of our sons today," Mayor Eric Adams said at the press conference, adding later on, "this is extremely, extremely painful for our city."
Caban, said, "We're here too many times."
Around 5:48 p.m., a pair of police officers were conducting a vehicle stop at 1919 Mott Avenue, as part of the NYPD Community Response Team.
At the press conference, officials said the vehicle was pulled over because it was illegally parked at a bus stop.
As the officers approached the vehicle, the suspect, 34 -- who officials said has a criminal past -- refused to come out of the car, then pointed a gun at the officers, shooting one in the torso.
The other officer then shot the suspect in the back.
The officer was pronounced dead at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center. The other officer was sent there as well, with tinnitus.
The suspect—identified as Guy Rivera, 34—was also hospitalized.
The suspect was arrested on a gun charge in April 2023.
"This is what you call -- not a crime problem -- a recidivist problem," said Adams. "Same bad people doing bad things to good people."