Officer Jonathan Diller died after the occupant of an illegally parked car opened fire on him.

“We have to stop it. We have to get back to law and order,” Mr Trump said outside the Long Island funeral home, after meeting the Diller family.

He has sought to make crime a key issue in his presidential campaign.

Mr Diller’s killing, which occurs as a debate over public safety and crime has developed in some major US cities, is the first of a New York City police officer since 2022.

Authorities have charged 34-year-old Guy Rivera with first-degree murder of a police officer.

Mr Rivera is accused of shooting Mr Diller from a car that was illegally stopped at a bus stop. The policeman had tried to order the occupants to get out of the vehicle when he was shot under his bulletproof vest, the New York Police Department said.

Mr Diller later died at hospital, and his death has further ignited the view – particularly among Republican voters – that crime is a growing problem in New York City.

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