In the quiet suburb of Penfield, New York, a decorated Rochester police officer’s life came to a tragic and unexpected end. Manuel 'Manny' Ortiz, a 52-year-old male, died on a Saturday evening in November 2019, leaving behind a legacy of service and a community in mourning. A 22-year veteran of the Rochester Police Department, his death was not the result of a violent crime, but a sequence of unfortunate events.
On that fateful evening, while driving to work, Ortiz made a distressing ca
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