Former President Donald Trump was invited to attend the wake and has accepted, so there will be increased security.
NEW YORK -- NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller will be remembered with a wake Thursday on Long Island. The 31-year-old was shot and killed Monday during a traffic stop in Far Rockaway, Queens. Former President Donald Trump was invited to attend the wake and has accepted, so there will be increased security from the secret service. CBS New York also learned Trump spoke with Diller's widow by phone.
'He was crazy about his job, he loved what he did,' said Joseph Lienhop. 'He was born to be a cop, he was born to be a hero. He died being hero, he died doing what he loved.'Diller had been with the NYPD for three years and is remembered by fellow officers as a 'cop's cop' who put others before himself and made people smile. He grew up in Franklin Square, where neighbors said he was the first to volunteer to help. He leaves behind a wife and 1-year-old son.
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