A ten-year-old aspiring police officer who was killed through the Robb Elementary Faculty bloodbath in Uvalde, Texas two years in the past was made an honorary NYPD officer posthumously Thursday — warming the hearts of his household.
Jose Flores Jr., who was gunned down together with 18 different kids on Might 24, 2022, was sworn in with a police badge of honor by interim Police Commissioner Thomas Donlon throughout an emotional ceremony at at 1 Police Plaza.
“It feels good what they’re doing for my child, honoring him,” the boy’s father, Jose Flores Sr., instructed The Put up. “His dream was turning into an officer and now he’s.”
Flores Sr. and his household got an all-expense-paid journey to the Huge Apple by Blue Lives Matter NYC after the group caught wind of his story from Texas police.
The ten-year-old was an honor scholar with loads of mates earlier than he was tragically killed by a madman with an AR-15-style rifle, his father stated.
“He was a great boy. He was a lover of the children. He wasn’t a fighter. He was smiling on a regular basis. Hyperactive as effectively. He was up and down, speaking to me all day,” Flores Sr. stated.
He stated dropping his son was “the toughest factor in life somebody goes by” and that “the rest doesn’t examine.”
On Thursday, the household toured St. Patrick’s Cathedral and Instances Sq. earlier than the ceremony.
Flores’ brothers Jayce, 2, and Jayden 8, have been additionally awarded honorary police badges.
“It’s an especially necessary and emotional very comfortable day” Donlon stated.
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