By Rocco Parascandola
New York Daily News
NEW YORK — A heartless vandal slashed the tires on four police vehicles parked near a Harlem precinct — just paces from where scores of heartbroken mourners held a tear-filled vigil for two slain hero officers, cops said Thursday.
The vehicles were parked down the block from the 32nd Precinct stationhouse on W. 135th St. near Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. when the man was caught on surveillance camera about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday puncturing and slashing the tires.
A massive memorial has been erected outside the stationhouse for 32nd Precinct Officers Jason Rivera and Wilbert Mora, who were fatally shot Friday responding to a call for a domestic disturbance.
The gunman, Lashawn McNeil, was mortally wounded by a third cop at the scene.
When the tires were being slashed, a large crowd of cops and supporters were gathered outside the stationhouse swapping heartfelt remembrances of the two fallen officers.
Three of the vehicles, which included an unmarked car, belonged to the NYPD. A fourth vehicle belonged to cops from Darien, Connecticut, who had traveled to Harlem to pay their respects to the two fallen officers.
No arrests have been made.
A funeral for Rivera will be held Friday at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Mora’s funeral will also be held at the iconic Midtown church on Wednesday.
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