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Attorney: Off-duty cop attacked shooting victim at bar

The Central Islip man wounded by an off-duty New York City officer after a bar fight had been attacked by the officer and others and then shot as the fight ended, the man's attorney said Friday.

The wounded man, Atiba Watkins, 23, remained in intensive care Friday after surgery Thursday to remove a kidney damaged by a bullet that entered his lower back, according to attorney James Misiano...

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