{"id":2206405,"date":"2024-03-26T10:44:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T14:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nypd-officer-shot-and-killed-during-traffic-stop-this-city-lost-a-hero\/"},"modified":"2024-03-26T10:46:06","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T14:46:06","slug":"nypd-officer-shot-and-killed-during-traffic-stop-this-city-lost-a-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nypd-officer-shot-and-killed-during-traffic-stop-this-city-lost-a-hero\/","title":{"rendered":"New York City Police Officer Dies in Line of Duty: Mourning a Hero"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnypd-officer-shot-and-killed-during-traffic-stop-this-city-lost-a-hero%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2206405&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A 31-year-old \u2062NYPD officer, Jonathan Diller,\u200c tragically died \u200bafter being shot during\u200c a traffic stop \u200bby \u200da career criminal in Queens. He leaves behind a wife and\u2062 a\u200d one-year-old \u2064son. NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban mourned\u200c the loss, emphasizing\u2063 Diller&#8217;s dedication to making the city safer. The suspect shot Diller when asked to exit the vehicle, leading to the tragic outcome. The 31-year-old NYPD officer, Jonathan Diller, tragically passed away following a fatal shooting\u2063 during a traffic stop in Queens by \u2064a\u200d career criminal. Survived by his wife and \u2064one-year-old son, his \u2062dedication\u2064 to\u200c enhancing city\u200c safety\u200b was highlighted by NYPD\u200d Commissioner Edward Caban. The suspect&#8217;s refusal to comply with exiting \u2064the vehicle \u2064resulted in this devastating incident.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>A 31-year-old New York City Police Department officer died Monday after he was reportedly shot by a career criminal during a traffic stop in Queens, according to law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Diller, a husband and father who had served three years on the force, conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle where a man identified as 34-year-old Guy Rivera was sitting in the passenger seat. As police attempted to get Rivera to vacate the car, he allegedly pulled out a handgun and shot Diller in the stomach, The New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/03\/25\/us-news\/nypd-cop-shot-in-chest-in-queens-rushed-to-hospital-sources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>. Witness Deon Peters told the Post that he saw Diller fall to the ground after being shot, yelling, \u201c\u2018I\u2019m hit, I\u2019m hit!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rivera \u201cwas asked to leave the car, he was given a lawful order numerous times to step out of the car, he refused,\u201d NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said. \u201cAnd when the officer took him out of the car, instead of stepping out of the car, he shot our officer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD officer, a father to a one-year-old boy, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-who-claims-hes-a-woman-charged-with-stabbing-his-father-to-death-inside-the-family-home\/\" title=\"Transgender person charged with fatally stabbing father at home.\">pronounced dead shortly<\/a> after arriving at Jamaica Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTonight this city lost a hero, a wife lost her husband, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-who-killed-kid-driving-drunk-was-arrested-for-two-additional-duis-in-california\/\" title=\"Drunk driver responsible for child's death arrested for two more DUIs in California\">young child lost<\/a> their father,\u201d NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban said. \u201cWe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tonight this city lost a hero, a wife lost her husband, and a young child lost their father. <\/p>\n<p>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\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q639gQGgoz\">pic.twitter.com\/q639gQGgoz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Edward A. Caban (@NYPDPC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYPDPC\/status\/1772442431369191908?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rivera, the suspect in the officer\u2019s shooting death, has 21 prior arrests and was released from prison in 2021 after serving five years for criminal possession of a controlled substance, according to the Post. He was also in prison from 2011 to 2014 for first-degree assault. Rivera was shot in the back when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-cop-in-breonna-taylor-case-found-not-guilty\/\" title=\"Ex-Cop in Breonna Taylor Case Found Not Guilty\">police returned fire<\/a> following the shooting. He was taken to Jamaica Hospital, where he remains in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p>Lindy Jones, who was identified as the 41-year-old driver of the vehicle, also has a criminal record and was arrested on gun charges last April. In 2003, Jones was convicted of attempted murder and robbery and spent ten years in prison before being released in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t \u2026 say it any clearer: It is the good guys against the bad guys and these bad guys are violent,\u201d said New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams, adding that the shooting was another \u201csenseless act of violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOfficer Jonathan Diller was just doing his job in Queens, working to keep his fellow New Yorkers safe, and a senseless act of violence took his life \u2014 a senseless act carried out by a dangerous individual with a gun and a total disregard for our people in uniform,\u201d Adams <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYCMayor\/status\/1772456144121811323\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added<\/a>. \u201cLet us come together in this devastating moment and pray for his family and our fellow officers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adams addressed Jones\u2019 prior arrest and said it represents \u201cnot a crime problem, but a recidivist problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSame bad people doing bad things to good people,\u201d Adams said.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Queens on Monday, a 31-year-old NYPD officer, Jonathan Diller, tragically lost his life during a traffic stop when shot by a career criminal. Diller, a devoted husband and father with three years of service, bravely faced the danger. Law enforcement reported the heartbreaking incident that took the life of this dedicated public servant<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":2206406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-2105340039-scaled-e1711460208802.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2206405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-2105340039-scaled-e1711460208802.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2206405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2206406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2206405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2206405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2206405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}