On a fall day in Arlington, Virginia, the life of 27-year-old Police Officer Israel Peter Gonzalez Sr. was cut tragically short. It was October 25, 1972, and Officer Gonzalez was conducting a routine check at the Arlington Trust Company in Crystal City when he walked into a bank robbery in progress. The perpetrators, a father and his two sons, had meticulously planned the heist, even cutting the bank's phone lines to disable the alarm system.
Disguised as telephone company employees, the
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