Nassau cop slain in apparent friendly fire
Photo credit: Paul Mazza | The crime scene on Fourth Avenue in Massapequa Park where authorities say a police officer and a suspect were fatally shot. (March 12, 2011)
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In an apparent case of fatal friendly fire, a uniformed police officer shot a plainclothes Nassau cop who had just arrived to an earlier call for backup at a home in Massapequa Park, authorities said.
The Saturday night shooting came moments after the uniformed police had already shot and killed a suspect in the home who had lunged at them with knives, a police source said.
The slain...
