John Gerard Scarangella, a 42-year-old male New York City Police Officer of Italian descent, was on duty in St. Albans, Queens on the evening of April 16, 1981. He and his partner, Officer Richard Rainey, were on patrol when they stopped a van that matched the description of a vehicle connected to a string of local burglaries. The traffic stop, which took place on 116th Avenue between 202nd and 203rd Street, quickly turned into a violent ambush. Before the officers could even get out of their pa
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