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More questions for retiree in cop shooting

The crime scene on Fourth Avenue in Massapequa

Photo credit: Nick Stein | The crime scene on Fourth Avenue in Massapequa Park where authorities say a police officer and a suspect were fatally shot. (March 12, 2011)

Nassau detectives want to again question a retired city cop who was present when a county officer died in a mistaken shooting last weekend.

On Saturday, the retired NYPD sergeant, John Cafarella, 58, was outside the Massapequa Park home of a knife-wielding suspect who had minutes earlier been shot by police.

Nassau police union officials say that Cafarella shouted a warning about a...

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