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Off-duty cops kill, wound suspects in two cases

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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