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In Photos: Final Salute for NYPD Officer Jason Rivera

NYPD officer Jason Rivera and his partner, Officer Wilbert Mora, were fatally shot while responding to a domestic violence call last week.

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Family members touch the casket of New York Police Department Officer Jason Rivera during a funeral service Friday at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City.
Family members touch the casket of New York Police Department Officer Jason Rivera during a funeral service Friday at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. (Mary Altaffer-Pool/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY — St. Patrick's Cathedral was site of funeral services Friday for New York Police Department Officer Jason Rivera, who was shot and killed along with his partner last week.

Rivera and his partner, Officer Wilbert Mora, were ambushed by a gunman as the two officers responded to a family dispute on Jan. 21.

Roman Catholic Cardinal Timothy Dolan presided over Rivera's funeral Mass, and thousands of officers lined the cathedral's pews to honor of Rivera and his service.

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Here are photos from Rivera's service.

Family members of NYPD Officer Jason Rivera arrive for his funeral service Friday at St. Patrick's Cathedral . (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
New York police officers gather for the funeral of Officer Jason Rivera on Friday outside St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
A NYPD officer standing in line ahead of the processional wipes away tears at the funeral of Officer Jason Rivera at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Friday. (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)
Cardinal Timothy Dolan presides over Friday's funeral Mass for NYPD Officer Jason Rivera inside St. Patrick's Cathedral. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, POOL)
The family of NYPD Officer Jason Rivera arrives for his funeral service Friday at St. Patrick's Cathedral. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
NYPD police officers, family and friends of Officer Jason Rivera gather inside St. Patrick's Cathedral for Rivera's funeral service on Friday. Rivera and his partner, Officer Wilbert Mora, were fatally wounded when a gunman ambushed them in an apartment as they responded to a family dispute last week. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, POOL)
Cardinal Timothy Dolan embraces a member of Officer Jason Rivera's family at Friday's funeral service inside St. Patrick's Cathedral. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, POOL)
Cardinal Timothy Dolan blesses the casket of NYPD Officer Jason Rivera during Rivera's funeral service Friday. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
New York police officers gather for the funeral of Officer Jason Rivera on Friday outside St. Patrick's Cathedral. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
New York Police officers gather for the funeral of Officer Jason Rivera on Friday outside St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
A priest hugs Dominique Rivera, the wife of NYPD Officer Jason Rivera, during funeral services for Rivera on Friday. (Photo by Mary Altaffer-Pool/Getty Images)

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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