Toms River Police Set Up Memorial To Honor Slain NYC Officers

(Photo credit: Ralph Stocco, Toms River Police Department)

In tribute to the New York City police officers who were killed Saturday while sitting in their police cruiser in Brooklyn, the Toms River Police Department has set up a silent memorial at police headquarters.

The officers, Wenjian Liu, 32, and Rafael Ramos, 40, were killed in broad daylight as they sat in a marked patrol car Saturday by a man identified as Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, who had threatened on social media to kill police in retribution for the deaths of two black men over the summer.

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• 2 New York Cops Executed: Sadness, Tension and Blame
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