A 10-year-old aspiring police officer who was killed during the Robb Elementary School massacre in Uvalde, Texas two years ago was made an honorary NYPD officer posthumously Thursday — warming the hearts of his family.
Jose Flores Jr., who was gunned down along with 18 other children on May 24, 2022, was sworn in with a police badge of honor by interim Police Commissioner Thomas Donlon during an emotional ceremony at at 1 Police Plaza.
“It feels good what they’re doing for my baby, honoring him,” the boy’s father, Jose Flores Sr., told The Post. “His dream was becoming an officer and now he is.”
Jose Flores Jr., a 10-year-old killed in the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, was made an honorary police officer posthumously on Thursday. Courtesy of Christopher Salazar
Jose’s family with interim Police Commissioner Thomas Donlon at the ceremony in One Police Plaza on Oct. 3, 2024. James Keivom
Jose’s honorary NYPD badge. James Keivom
Flores Sr. and his family were given an all-expense-paid trip to the Big Apple by Blue Lives Matter NYC after the group caught wind of his story from Texas police.
The 10-year-old was an honor student with plenty of friends before he was tragically killed by a madman with an AR-15-style rifle, his father said.
“He was a good boy. He was a lover of the kids. He wasn’t a fighter. He was smiling all the time. Hyperactive as well. He was up and down, talking to me all day,” Flores Sr. said.
Jose’s brothers Jayden, 8, and Jayce, 2, were also given honorary badges. James Keivom
Jayden giving Donlon a hug at the ceremony. James Keivom
Jose Flores Sr. said he was happy to see the NYPD making his son’s dream come true. James KeivomHe said losing his son was “the hardest thing in life someone goes through” and that “anything else doesn’t compare.”
On Thursday, the family toured St. Patrick’s Cathedral and Times Square before the ceremony.
Flores’ brothers Jayce, 2, and Jayden 8, were also awarded honorary police badges.
“It’s an extremely important and emotional very happy day” Donlon said.
