Tonight: Prayer Vigil At 61st Precinct For Officer Shot And Killed In East Harlem

Alex Ellefson -
Officer Randolph Holder. (Photo provided by the NYPD)

The death of Officer Randolph Holder, who was shot and killed last week pursuing a gunman in East Harlem, once again reminds New Yorkers of the perils faced by law enforcement. Holder is the fourth police officer killed on duty in the last 10 months.

Tonight, officers from the 61st Precinct will join station houses across the five boroughs in mourning the loss of one of the city’s finest. Neighbors are invited to join their local police in a prayer vigil for Holder at 7pm outside the precinct at 2575 Coney Island Avenue, between Gravesend Neck Road and Avenue W.

The city-wide vigil occurs the day before Holder’s funeral service, which will begin at the Greater Allen A. M. E. Cathedral in Jamaica Queens at 9am on Tuesday.