Procession escorts fallen NYPD officer to Long Island funeral home

Finn Hoogensen
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MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. (PIX11) – A procession escorted the body of fallen NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller to a funeral home on Long Island Tuesday evening.

Diller was transported from the New York City medical examiner’s office to Massapequa Funeral Home.

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 at multiple times on Thursday and Friday ahead of the funeral. The visitations 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.

NYPD officer shot, killed in Queens leaves behind wife, baby

Diller, 31, was shot and killed in the line of duty while conducting a traffic stop in Queens on Monday.

“He put himself in harm’s way. He went towards the danger, all to keep the people we serve safe and to protect his fellow New Yorkers,” NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban said.

Diller, a member of the NYPD’s Community Response Team, was a three-year veteran of the department. He was a husband and a father to a young child.

“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.

A GoFundMe page was started for Diller’s family. So far, it’s raised more than $130,000.

Diller was shot after he and another officer stopped a vehicle that was illegally parked at a bus stop in Far Rockaway, according to police. Diller’s partner then shot the suspect, who remains hospitalized.

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.

Finn Hoogensen is a digital journalist who has covered local news for more than five years. He has been with PIX11 News since 2022. See more of his work here.

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