In the quiet early hours of February 24, 1985, a seemingly routine traffic stop on the Saw Mill River Parkway in Yonkers, New York, turned into a harrowing tragedy that would leave a lasting scar on the community. Westchester County Police Officer Gary Stymiloski, a 27-year-old male, pulled over a vehicle for a traffic violation. As he was processing the stop, the driver of the vehicle, Alex Mengel, emerged from his car and fatally shot the officer.
The events that followed escalated in t
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