Biden speaks to New York City mayor after shooting death of police officer

President Joe Biden has offered his condolences to New York City Mayor Eric Adams after police officer Jonathan Diller was shot to death during a traffic stop in Queens, according to the White House.

Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre confirmed a call between Biden and Adams on Thursday, during which the president conveyed that Adams, New York City, and the New York Police Department had his "full support." Jean-Pierre added that she did not have any "private communications" to share regarding Diller's family "at this time."

"Our hearts go out, obviously, to the officer's family and the broader NYPD family, who have tragically lost one of their own," Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air Force One as the president travels to New York City. "The president grieves for them and honors their sacrifice."

With former President Donald Trump also in New York City to attend Diller's wake, Jean-Pierre reiterated that Biden has "stood with law enforcement his entire career" and "continues to stand with them, as they put their lives on the line for their communities." Biden has a high-profile fundraiser with former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton on Thursday night.

"Under his leadership, we will continue to support police officers and ensure that they have resources they need to continue to do the work, the all-important work that they have to do on behalf of the community," the press secretary said. "Violent crime surged under the previous administration, which repeatedly attempted to cut the COPS program, all of their budgets targeted that key funding for police, and congressional Republicans just proposed doing it again."

"This is a president, this is a Biden-Harris administration [that has] done the polar opposite, taking decisive action from the very beginning to fund the police and achieving a historic reduction in crime," she added. "The president's budget also proposes to fund the police and with billions, so federal, state, and local governments can hire more than 100,000 more officers, and I think that's important to note as well."

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Guy Rivera, 34, of Queens, has been charged with first-degree murder of a police officer, attempted murder, and criminal possession of a weapon.

Diller, 31, was an officer for three years and leaves behind his wife, with whom Trump has spoken, and a 1-year-old son.