Man Anthony J. Garaffa

On the morning of August 8, 1984, a veteran police officer, Anthony J. Garaffa, a 41-year-old Caucasian male, was fatally shot in Irvington, New Jersey. A member of the Irvington Police Department for 16 years, Patrolman Garaffa was responding to a report of suspicious activity near the intersection of 40th Street and Springfield Avenue around 11:30 a.m.

Upon his arrival, Garaffa encountered three men and began to question them. During the interaction, he inquired about the contents of a ...