Neighbors put the flags outside their homes at half-staff while others hung blue ribbons on front porches.
Family members and friends of Officer Jonathan Diller filed into his home in Massapequa Park on Tuesday afternoon.Now there's a sense of mourning across his entire neighborhood back home on Long Island.
Naomi Sanchez didn't know Diller or his young family, but said she can't stop thinking about her own son who is an officer in Nassau County."Every day that my son goes to work, I pray to God and he's always in my prayers," Massapequa Park resident Naomi Sanchez said.
The entire community is invited to attend a candlelight vigil for Diller at Brady Park in Massapequa Park on Wednesday night.
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