On the chaotic night of July 13, 1977, as New York City was plunged into darkness during a citywide blackout, 17-year-old Dominick Ciscone was fatally shot in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn. A popular and friendly young man, he was with his brothers and a few friends, setting off fireworks at the corner of Court and Nelson Streets when the incident occurred.
Amid the widespread looting and arson that characterized the blackout, Ciscone's death was the only murder recorded. H
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