Hundreds of cops line the streets of Manhattan to salute body of fallen hero NYPD officer - three days after they gathered to pay silent tribute to rookie killed in the same Harlem shoot-out NYPD officers saluted as the body of Wilbert Mora, 27, was driven through the streets of Manhattan on Wednesday to a funeral home Mora was pronounced dead by the NYU Langone hospital on Tuesday after a shootout that killed his colleague Jason Rivera on Friday Mora and Rivera had been called on Friday evening to a house in Harlem by a mother who said her son was threatening her The son, Lashawn McNeil, 47, was hiding in a back bedroom in the house and burst out the door, opening fire on the officers and killing Rivera immediately McNeil, a career criminal who had an illegal gun in his possession, was shot in the head by a third officer as he tried to flee the house and died on Monday in hospital By Harriet Alexander For Dailymail.com Published: 22:20 GMT, 26 January 2022 | Updated: 22:20 GMT, 26 January 2022 Viewcomments Advertisement A guard of honor formed around the hearse transporting murdered NYPD officer Wilbert Mora on Wednesday, as the 27-year-old was taken to a funeral home in preparation for the final farewell. Mora was shot on Friday in Harlem alongside his colleague Jason Rivera, 22, who died on the scene. Medics battled to save Mora but he was pronounced dead on Tuesday by staff at NYU Langone. Their killer, Lashawn McNeil, 47 - whose mother had called the officers to her home reporting that he was threatening her - was shot in the head by a third officer after shooting Mora and Rivera, and died on Monday. Mora's body on Wednesday left the city Medical Examiner's office at Bellevue Hospital, with saluting officers lining the route. He was taken uptown to the Riverdale Funeral Home in Inwood. Wilbert Mora's remains are driven in an ambulance through Manhattan on Wednesday from the medical examiner's office to the funeral home in Inwood Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility