Edward K. Ahrens, a police officer with the New York City Police Department, tragically died on January 10, 1998, at the age of 53. His death was a direct result of complications from a gunshot wound he sustained 23 years earlier, on May 5, 1975. On that fateful day, Officer Ahrens was questioning a narcotics suspect near the corner of 118th Street and 7th Avenue in Manhattan when the suspect suddenly turned and shot him in the stomach. Despite the severity of his injuries, Officer Ahrens surviv
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