In the early morning hours of July 30, 1980, Roger Von Amelunxen, a 41-year-old white male, was on his way home from his job as a United States Customs Patrol Officer at Kennedy Airport. At approximately 3:20 a.m., near the intersection of 72nd Street and 34th Avenue in Queens, New York, he witnessed a cab driver being robbed. Despite being off-duty, Von Amelunxen chose to intervene to apprehend the suspect.
A shootout ensued between Von Amelunxen and the perpetrator. Tragically, during t
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