Detective James A. Donegan, a member of the New York City Police Department, tragically lost his life on October 15, 1964, in Brooklyn, New York. On that fateful night, Donegan and his colleague, Detective Salvatore Potenza, responded to a domestic violence call from Reverend William H. Lothrop of the Calvary Baptist Church. The call concerned a man named Donald B. Guyette, an ex-convict and former mental patient, who had assaulted his wife and threatened to kill her. Guyette, who was also a ste
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