Louis J. Balsamo, a police officer with the New York City Police Department, tragically died on December 30, 2013, at the age of 70. His death was a direct result of injuries sustained 38 years earlier, on April 18, 1975, while responding to a report of gunshots fired at 454 State Street in Brooklyn, New York. On that fateful day, Officer Balsamo and his partner arrived at the scene and heard several shots being fired. They proceeded to the roof of the building, where they were ambushed by a gun
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