An NYPD officer has been shot and killed in the line of duty in Far Rockaway near the Long Island border, officials say.

The NYPD held a news conference at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center where the officer was pronounced dead

They say the officer was conducting a traffic stop with his partner when he was shot by the driver just before 6 p.m.

The victim has been identified the officer who lost his life as NYPD Officer Jonathan E. Diller. Mayor Adams says he was on the force for three years.