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IT’S BEEN AN EXCRUCIATING WEEK FOR NEW YORK CITY POLICE OFFICERS AS THEY LAY ONE OF THEIR OWN – JONATHAN DILLER – TO REST.

DILLER WAS FATALLY SHOT IN THE STOMACH DURING A ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP IN ROCKAWAY, NEW YORK ON LONG ISLAND MONDAY.

THE 31-YEAR-OLD OFFICER WAS A THREE-YEAR VETERAN ON THE FORCE AND LEAVES BEHIND A WIFE AND 1-YEAR-OLD SON.

TWO SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND A 34-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM QUEENS – WHO HAD 20 PRIOR ARRESTS ACCORDING TO NEW YORK MAYOR ERIC ADAMS – HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH DILLER’S MURDER.

OVER THE LAST THREE DAYS, THOUSANDS OF SUPPORTERS HAVE SHOWN UP TO CANDLELIGHT VIGILS TO HONOR DILLER AND HIS LIFE OF SERVICE.

EVEN FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ATTENDED DILLER’S WAKE SERVICE IN MASSAPEQUA PARK THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

“PRESIDENT TRUMP IS MOVED BY THE INVITATION TO JOIN NYPD OFFICER JONATHAN DILLER’S FAMILY AND COLLEAGUES AS THEY DEAL WITH HIS SENSELESS AND TRAGIC DEATH” A SPOKESPERSON FOR TRUMP’S CAMPAIGN SAID IN A STATEMENT. 

TRUMP COULD BE SEEN SHAKING HANDS AND SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE BEFORE ENTERING THE FUNERAL HOME.

EARLIER THIS WEEK – TRUMP POSTED ABOUT DILLER’S KILLING ON HIS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM TRUTH SOCIAL – OFFERING PRAYERS AND APPRECIATION FOR DILLER’S FAMILY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY.

TRUMP ALSO NOTED – THE SUSPECT CHARGED HAD NUMEROUS PRIOR ARRESTS AND “NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN LET BACK OUT ON THE STREETS.” 

PRESIDENT BIDEN CALLED MAYOR ADAMS THURSDAY TO OFFER HIS CONDOLENCES TO DILLER’S FAMILY AND WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY KARINE JEAN-PIERRE SAID THEIR HEARTS GO OUT TO OFFICER DILLER’S FAMILY.

DILLER’S FUNERAL IS SET FOR SATURDAY MORNING.