In the spring of 1907, Patrolman Alfred A. Selleck of the New York City Police Department was caught in a violent chain of events that would ultimately lead to his death. The male officer and his partner, Patrolman George Sechler, were on duty in Manhattan when they heard gunshots coming from the vicinity of Washington Square Park. Unbeknownst to them at that moment, two brothers had just shot and killed a man following an altercation in the park.
As the two brothers fled the scene on foo
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