Philip W. Cardillo, a 32-year-old NYPD officer, tragically died on April 20, 1972, after being fatally wounded in an incident at the Nation of Islam Mosque No. 7 in Harlem, Manhattan. The events leading to his death began on April 14, 1972, when Cardillo and his partner responded to a fake emergency call reporting an officer in distress inside the mosque. Upon arrival, they were met with hostility and violence from a group of men inside the mosque. Cardillo was beaten and shot with his own gun d
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