--- description: The New York Mets wore NYPD caps to honor NYPD officer Brian Moore, who died Monday after being shot over the weekend in Queens, New York. title: New York Mets Wear NYPD Caps In Tribute to Slain Policeman image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt736d818c29e82937/6987ee868e0601e68f45e798/ap877849365287.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Sports](/section/sports/) ## Sports Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Baseball](/tag/baseball/) ## Baseball Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # New York Mets Wear NYPD Caps in Tribute to Slain Policeman Brian Moore by [Sabrina Toppa](/author/sabrina-toppa/) ## Sabrina Toppa Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 6, 2015 3:14 AM CUT  New York Mets Daniel Murphy wears a New York Police Department hat, May 5, 2015 New York Mets Daniel Murphy wears a New York Police Department hat, May 5, 2015Kathy Willens—AP by [Sabrina Toppa](/author/sabrina-toppa/) ## Sabrina Toppa Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 6, 2015 3:14 AM CUT The New York Mets baseball team [donned](http://www.si.com/mlb/2015/05/05/new-york-mets-nypd-caps-honor-officer-brian-moore "undefined") caps featuring the NYPD logo during batting practice on Tuesday in honor of slain police officer Brian Moore. Moore [died](http://news.yahoo.com/nypd-officer-shot-head-remains-critical-stable-104949208.html "undefined") Monday after being shot while attempting to capture a man wielding a firearm in the city’s borough of Queens. “It’s part of what we think is important and certainly, honoring Officer Moore is important today and so we are wearing them and wearing them with pride,” New York Mets manager Terry Collins [told](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/56491174d07d4d37ac7f5c89a8407b8c/mets-pay-tribute-slain-nypd-officer-game "undefined") the Associated Press. New York’s Citi Field also featured a banner honoring Moore’s legacy and held a moment of silence to celebrate his work. Previously, the Mets [wore](http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/mets-mlb-agree-team-will-wear-first-responder-caps-only-before-game-to-honor-9-11-1.3961057 "undefined") NYPD and FDNY caps to honor the work of New York’s first responders during 9/11. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3848101/new-york-mets-nypd-caps-honor-policeman-brian-moore/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3848101/new-york-mets-nypd-caps-honor-policeman-brian-moore/"},"headline":"New York Mets Wear NYPD Caps in Tribute to Slain Policeman Brian Moore","datePublished":"2015-05-06T03:14:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T08:24:23.905Z","description":"The Mets previously wore NYPD caps to honor 9/11 first responders","url":"https://time.com/3848101/new-york-mets-nypd-caps-honor-policeman-brian-moore/","keywords":["Baseball","Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt736d818c29e82937/6987ee868e0601e68f45e798/ap877849365287.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sabrina Toppa","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/sabrina-toppa/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt736d818c29e82937/6987ee868e0601e68f45e798/ap877849365287.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"New York Mets Daniel Murphy wears a New York Police Department hat, May 5, 2015","caption":"New York Mets Daniel Murphy wears a New York Police Department hat, May 5, 2015","creditText":"Kathy Willens—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/baseball/","name":"Baseball"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3848101/new-york-mets-nypd-caps-honor-policeman-brian-moore/","name":"New York Mets Wear NYPD Caps in Tribute to Slain Policeman Brian Moore"}}]}] ```