Flowers, candlelight vigil for two murdered Brooklyn NYPD officers
Grief at 84th Precinct; Officials call for unity
A memorial of flowers and stuffed animals piled up at the entrance to Downtown Brooklyn’s 84th Precinct on Gold Street on Sunday, as hushed passersby added a card, said a prayer or lit a candle.
Mourners cried. Firefighters from Engine Company 210 grimly carried in food and baked goods.
“It’s very sad,” said a woman visiting from Ohio. She said that she had attended a service at a local church where prayers were offered up for the officers, and walked by to pay her respects.
It was the day after the cold-blooded murder of two police officers from the 84th. Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos were doing duty in the 79th Precinct as part of a crime reduction strategy at the Tompkins Houses when 28-year-old Ismaaiyl Brinsley fired his gun through the front passenger window, striking both officers in the head.