Anthony Palmisano

Death by Force
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On January 8, 1969, FBI Special Agents Anthony Palmisano and Edwin R. Woodriffe were tragically shot and killed in Washington, D.C. while attempting to apprehend Billie Austin Bryant, an escaped federal prisoner. Anthony Palmisano, born in 1942 in Newark, New Jersey, had joined the FBI as a special agent in 1967 after working as a clerk in the Newark Field Office and earning his degree from Seton Hall College. Edwin R. Woodriffe, who was the first African-American FBI agent killed in the line of ...Read More
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Victim Details

Anthony Palmisano

Male

White / Caucasian

Washington

DC

1969-01-08

27

Anthony

Palmisano

Yes

01/08/2025

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