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Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday said he believes “everyone needs to see” the bodycam video of the Harlem shooting that killed two police officers.
The mayor said he wants the distressing NYPD footage to be released as long as the families of those involved in the tragedy sign off on the move.
A law enforcement source has told The Post that the cops’ bodycams caught what looked like a “complete execution.”
“When we talk about the dangers involved in policing, it tore me apart to see what happened to those officers and what has happened to far too many officers,” the mayor told 1010 WINS radio.
“I do believe that is a video I personally feel everyone needs to see.”
Still, “I think it is imperative that the family state if they want it released,” added Adams, a former police captain.
The footage is from the Harlem officers’ body-worn cameras, which were rolling when NYPD cop Jason Rivera, 22, was shot dead and fellow Finest Wilbert Mora was left in critical condition while responding to a domestic violence call Friday evening.
Mora died from his injuries on Tuesday afternoon, NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell announced.
In an appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Adams added that his administration is “going to speak with the families to see if they want the entire country to see what happened to their children.
“This was horrific to see how they were assassinated in that apartment,” he said of the cops.
The deadly incident unfolded when the NYPD responded to a “run-of-the-mill domestic call’’ at the home, a high-ranking source has said.
Gunman Lashawn McNeil’s mother, Shirley Sourzes, called 911 that evening when she got into a beef with her 47-year-old career-criminal son.
Cops said an armed McNeil burst out of a rear bedroom and ambushed the unsuspecting responding officers, continuing to shoot even after they were lying helplessly on the floor.
“There are times you will respond to a call of service just to find out that it is totally different than what you expected,” Adams said.
McNeil, who had been in critical condition since being shot by rookie cop Sumit Sulan, died on Monday.
“[Sulan] responded with a level of poise when I visited him and his family and spoke with them,” Adams said. “But this case really personifies what we’re up against — 40 additional rounds and the weapon that was used and an AR-15 under [McNeil’s] mattress.
“If that person was not stopped in that apartment, he could have created a great deal of loss of lives if it wasn’t stopped when it was stopped.”
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