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Attorney: Off-duty cop attacked shooting victim at bar
Quick ReadThe Central Islip man wounded by an off-duty New York City cop after a bar fight was attacked by the officer and others and then shot as the fight ended, the man's attorney said.
Photo credit: Photo by James Carbone | Suffolk police investigate the scene where an off-duty NYPD officer is accused of shooting a man Nov. 19 outside Napper Tandy's Irish Pub at the North Country Plaza Shopping Center in Miller Place. The shooting followed a fight at the pub, Suffolk police say. (Nov. 19, 2009)
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Man shot outside Miller Place 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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