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Mets ace Matt Harvey visits slain NYPD officer’s family, precinct

Mets ace Matt Harvey honored slain NYPD Sgt. Paul Tuozzolo Wednesday by making a visit to the beloved cops Bronx precinct station house where he greeted the cop’s widow and gifted her signed jerseys for the couple’s two young boys.

The star pitcher met with dozens of officers at the 43rd Precinct and offered condolences to Tuozzolo’s grieving wife Lisa.

Harvey gave the widow the signed Mets jerseys as a gift to her children, Austin, 4, and Joseph, 3.

Harvey, along with Mets chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon and team general manager Sandy Alderson also gave a framed Mets jersey with Tuozzolo’s name on it and his shield number, 870, to the precinct station house.