NEW YORK (AP) - An anonymous donor has given $1 million to the families of two New York City police officers killed last month while sitting in their patrol car.

Officials from the union representing detectives announced the generous gift from an unnamed Hong Kong businessman at a press conference on Friday.

The Daily News reports (https://nydn.us/1KRj6Ql ) Rafael Ramos’ two sons will get $500,000 for their educational funds. The paper says Wenjian Liu’s (WEHN’-jihn loo) father will get $100,000 every year for five years.

Both officers were promoted posthumously to detective.

They were killed in a brazen daytime shooting Dec. 20 by a mentally unstable gunman investigators say had threatened online to kill officers. He later killed himself.

The News says the detectives’ union’s widow and children’s fund will manage the donation.

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Information from: Daily News, https://www.nydailynews.com

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