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Anthony J. Abruzzo Jr., a 34-year-old police officer with the New York City Police Department, tragically lost his life on December 16, 1981, in Queens, New York. Officer Abruzzo was off-duty at the time of his death, which occurred when he attempted to intervene in a robbery involving his father-in-law in Flushing, Queens. His father-in-law had just returned home from work when three men approached him and struck him over the head with a gun. Hearing the commotion from inside his father-in-law' ...Read More
Victim Details

Anthony J. Abruzzo, Jr.

Male

White / Caucasian

Queens

NY

1981-12-16

34

Anthony

Abruzzo

12/13/2025