SEAFORD, N.Y. (AP) – As many as 30,000 police officers from across the United States are expected to pay their respects at the Long Island funeral Friday for a young New York City police officer slain on patrol.
Officer Brian Moore, who lived in nearby North Massapequa, died Monday after being shot in the head while on duty two days earlier in Queens. The 25-year-old and his partner had stopped a man suspected of carrying a handgun when the man opened fire on them.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo was among the mourners attending the officer’s wake on Thursday.
“It’s a terrible tragedy,” Cuomo said afterward. “It’s an awful, frightening reminder of the sacrifice so many men and women in law enforcement make.”
Moore had been on the force for only a handful of years, but he had already built up a record of more than 150 arrests and had earned meritorious service medals. He was the son, nephew and cousin of New York Police Department officers.