Funeral for NYPD Officer Brian Moore to be Held in Seaford

A New York Police Department officer who died Monday after being shot in Queens this weekend will be laid to rest Friday.

A wake will be held for Officer Brian Moore on Thursday from 2-4:30 p.m. and 7-9:30 p.m. at Chapey & Sons Funeral Home in Bethpage. Moore will be laid to rest after a funeral Mass Friday at St. James Church in Seaford at 11 a.m.

Moore, of Massapequa, died Monday of his injuries after being shot in Queens Village Saturday evening. He was 25 years old. The man accused of shooting him, 35-year-old Demetrius Blackwell, faces a first-degree murder charge.

The young officer is being mourned by police departments, emergency workers, and leaders across the country.

In an emotional press conference Monday, Bratton called Moore “an extraordinary young man” whose death is “a great loss to his family, a great loss to this department, and great loss to this profession and to this city.”

Officers from precincts across the city lined up in a ceremonial salute as Moore’s remains were transported from the hospital Monday afternoon.

“And the family of officers he joined in the NYPD and across the country deserve our gratitude and our prayers — not just today, but every day,” said President Barack Obama at an event in the Bronx Monday. “They’ve got a tough job.”

Moore’s alma mater, Plainedge High School, held a vigil Monday night to honor the memory of the 2007 graduate. A blue sea of more than 1,000 people attended the memorial that was originally planned while Moore was still alive.

“ Brian had that eagerness and wanted to get police work done,” said Det. Jason Caputo, according to Newsday. “He seemed destined for detective. His whole family was law enforcement. It was in his genes.”

“He was a young man who wanted to make a difference in the world as a loving son and here in the New York City Police Department,” said Superintendent Edward Salina during the vigil, according to the report.

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Photos taken at Monday night’s vigil: