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NY police pay respects to fallen colleague Rafael Ramos

Tens of thousands of mourners filled a New York City church and surrounding streets for the funeral of one of two police officers ambushed by a gunman who said he was avenging the killing of unarmed black men by police.

Rafael Ramos was gunned down along with his partner Wenjian Liu in their patrol car by Ismaaiyl Brinsley.

Relatives and close friends of Ramos recalled him as a man devoted to his church.

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Two New York police officers shot while on patrol

The scene of the double shooting in New York. Credit: NBC

One police officer has been shot dead and another critically wounded in an attack in New York City.

The attacker then fled into a subway where he committed suicide by shooting himself, a police spokesman said.

The shooting took place in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, where streets are now blocked off.

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