Edward R. Byrne, a 22-year-old rookie police officer with the New York City Police Department (NYPD), was tragically murdered on February 26, 1988, in South Jamaica, Queens. Byrne had been assigned to guard the home of a local resident who had repeatedly reported illegal activities in the neighborhood. Around 3:30 a.m., while Byrne was sitting in his marked patrol car, two men approached the vehicle. One of them knocked on the passenger side window to distract Byrne, while the other crept up on
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