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Off-duty cops kill, wound suspects in two cases
Photo credit: Paul Mazza | Officials investigate the scene where Suffolk Police and sources say a suspected robber was fatally shot by an off-duty police officer at a self-serve car wash on Bay Shore Road in Deer Park at 3:04 a.m. (Oct. 27, 2009)
Nassau cop attacked while off-duty
Fatal shooting at a car wash involves off-duty officer
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Fatal shooting in Deer Park
Two off-duty police officers wearing plain clothes turned the tables on their knife- and bat-wielding attackers in separate cases in Nassau and Suffolk early Tuesday; one of the would-be robbers was shot dead, while the other suspect was wounded, officials said.
In cases just 90 minutes apart, the officers fired at point-blank range at the suspects, who had tried to ambush them in their cars,...
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