Biden in NYC: Nation must come together to end gun violence
By COLLEEN LONG, MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHELLE L. PRICE, COLLEEN LONG, MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHELLE L. PRICE, Associated Press
Published: February 3, 2022, 1:20pm
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New York Police officers gather outside St. Patrick's Cathedral for Officer Wilbert Mora's funeral, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in New York. For the second time in under a week, police converged on New York City's St. Patrick's Cathedral to pay tribute to a young officer gunned down while answering a call for help in Harlem. Mora was shot along with Officer Jason Rivera on Jan. 22 while responding to a call about a domestic argument in an apartment. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)Photo Gallery
NEW YORK (AP) — Running through a grim tally of recent gun deaths, President Joe Biden pledged to New Yorkers and the nation on Thursday that the federal government would step up its fight against gun violence by working more closely with police and communities to stop the surging bloodshed.
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