Superintendent Louis Joseph Sirgo, aged 48, was a dedicated officer of the New Orleans Police Department. On January 7, 1973, he tragically lost his life while attempting to rescue fellow officers trapped in an elevator at the Downtown Howard Johnson's hotel. Sirgo, along with Patrolman Philip Coleman and Patrolman Paul Persigo, was shot and killed by a sniper. The suspect, identified as Mark J. Essex, a member of the Black Panthers, had already taken several lives and set fires throughout the h
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