On the night of July 26, 1998, New York City Police Officer Gerard Carter, a 28-year-old male, was on patrol with his partner in a marked police van at the West Brighton Housing Projects in Staten Island. Suddenly, a young man approached the vehicle and opened fire through the windshield, striking Officer Carter in the temple. His partner returned fire, but the assailant managed to escape.
Gerard Carter was rushed to the hospital and placed in a medically induced coma, but he succumbed to
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