President Trump consoled the 90-year-old mother of New York City police officer who died in the line of duty last year after she was fatally shot by a deranged individual.

Trump gave the officer's mother, Adrianna Valoy, a long hug, kissing her on the cheek and forehead and asking the audience for more applause, after an impromptu invitation for Detective Miosotis Familia's relatives to join him on stage at a memorial service for slain police.

'We must end the attacks on our police and we must end them right now,' he said in remarks at the Capitol Hill event. 'We believe, criminals who kill our police should get the death penalty. Bring it forth.'

President Trump consoled the 90-year-old mother of New York City police officer who died in the line of duty last year after she was fatally shot by a mentally-deranged individual

Trump gave the officer's mother, Adrianna Valoy, a long hug, then held her hand while he escorted her to the podium

The elderly woman kept holding onto Trump, even as he let go of her grasp, and held back onto him as he finished his speech

He told Familia's mother and children, 'She's right now, right there, and she's looking down, and she's so proud of you. She's so proud of you. And you are great'

Trump is seen holding the hand Familia's 12-year-old son, Peter Vega, at the event

New York City Police officer Vincent Maher, hugs Genesis Villella, the daughter of slain police officer Miosotis Familia, who was killed in the line of duty, as President Donald Trump speaks about her, at the 37th Annual National Peace Officers' Memorial Service at the U.S. Capitol

Trump, who led a law and order campaign, railed against 'ambush attacks' on police at the event, calling the development 'one of the most alarming crimes.'

He told attendees of the event that coincided with National Police Week, 'We must show appreciation and gratitude and respect for those who police our streets and patrol our communities.'

Detective Famalia was shot and killed while sitting in her squad car in the Bronx on July 5

Detective Familia was a 'proud member' of the New York Police Department, he said, asking where 'that great family' of hers was in the audience.

'Great family,' Trump again said offering them a round of applause. 'Thank you so much, Can you come up here? Come up here, please? Come on, I'd like to have this family New York Police Department, close to my heart.'

Trump shook hands with the deceased's three children - Genesis Villella, Peter Vega and sister Deliah - before greeting the detective's mom.

The elderly woman kept holding onto Trump, even as he let go of her grasp, talking to him in comments that were not audible to the audience.

He led her to the podium and said, 'So I promised that I wouldn't tell you that she's 90-years-old, but you know what, she is really something right?

'You look like 55, maybe, 55?' he teased, still holding her hand. 'Boy I tell you what, you got up those stairs better than I did. Thank you sweetheart.'

'Special, special people', Trump said of the Famalia family during the memorial service

He led her the elderly woman to the podium and said, 'So I promised that I wouldn't tell you that she's 90-years-old, but you know what, she is really something right?'

President Trump said of the shooting in his hometown that 'the attack, because she was so incredible was just looked upon so horribly'

The president said he wasn't planning to Familia's family on stage but saw them in the audience and wanted them by his side because they represent an important value

'You look like 55, maybe, 55?' Trump teased Famalia's mom. 'Boy I tell you what, you got up those stairs better than I did. Thank you sweetheart'

He let go to shake officer Vincent Maher's hand.

Maher identified himself as Familia's patrol partner and presented Trump with a challenge coin in honor of the fallen detective.

'Rough,' Trump told him. 'Fantastic person.'

Familia's mother thanked Trump in Spanish for as he passed the mic to Maher, asking him to 'say how great she was' to the audience.

Maher said that his partner 'volunteered to leave a cushy job, to come back to patrol' after an injury and had only been back on patrol for two weeks when she died.

'She may have been lost that night, but she saved a lot of lives in turn,' the officer who was with her that night said. 'She was an incredible person, and she is missed by the family.'

Pointing to her mother and children, Maher said: 'This family is, forget, it their incredible.'

'These are special people,' the president said during the tribute to Familia, who was shot while sitting in her squad car in the Bronx at the start of her shift on July 5.

Famalia was the first New York police woman to die in the line of duty since 9/11.

Her death prompted the Tunnel to Towers Foundation raise $492,000 for Familia's children. The New York Daily News contributed another $263,000. Skyview in the Hudson, where the school-age children now live with their older sister, chipped in $125,000.

Villella was only 20 years old when she postponed her degree to take care of her younger brother and sister in their mother's absence.

ABC 7 in New York reported that the donations were enough to pay the mortgage, maintenance fees and property taxes on the co-op where they live for years.

Trump, who led a law and order campaign, railed against 'ambush attacks' on police at the event, calling the development 'one of the most alarming crimes.' He's seen here at the memorial service standing next to Vice President Mike Pence

'These are special people. They're just special, special people', he said of Familia's son, two daughters and her mother. 'And I want to tell you that last year just a few hours after the city of New York celebrated the Fourth of July, Detective Familia was on duty in her vehicle not far from Yankee stadium.

'Big Yankee fan, you're all Yankee fans,' he said to the grieving family. 'She was ambushed by a man for the simple reason that she was a member of the police department.

President Trump said of the shooting in his hometown that 'the attack, because she was so incredible was just looked upon so horribly.

'Her family, when people met the family, they saw what an incredible person she was,' Trump said.

The president said he wasn't planning to Familia's family on stage but saw them in the audience and wanted them by his side because they represent an important value.

'She loved the department. She loved being a police officer. She loved her job. She was respected by everybody. They told me all about her,' Trump said. 'She was respected by everybody.'

To all the families who lost a loved one in the line of duty, he asked them to please stand for a round of applause.

He told Familia's mother and children, 'She's right now, right there, and she's looking down, and she's so proud of you. She's so proud of you. And you are great.'

They made a motion to leave but he told the family to 'stay' and 'we'll go down together.'

'OK?' he said. 'I'm almost finished.'

To all the families who lost a loved one, he asked them to please stand as he concluded his remarks, telling them that the memory of their loved ones 'will endure forever.'

'Thanks again to all of our wonderful police, our sheriffs and all of law enforcement and law enforcement officers. You're incredible people,' he said. 'You are the finest. You are the greatest. You are our heroes. God bless you. God bless our fallen heroes. God bless their families, and God bless America.'