On a summer evening in New York, a tragedy unfolded that cut short the life of a dedicated public servant. Michael D. Russell, a 30-year-old male police officer, was off-duty when he was fatally shot on Thursday, August 2, 1979. The incident began on a softball field in Brooklyn, where Russell was playing with fellow officers and community members. The game was interrupted when three men started walking across the field.
A civilian player asked the men to leave the field, a request that w
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