MICHAEL MOROSO

Officer Rank: Patrolman
Memorial Panel: 47-W: 18
Department: New York City, New York, P.D.
End of Watch: December 8, 1932
Cause: SHOT
Age: 31
Years of Service: 6
Description: Patrolman Moroso was ambushed and fatally shot by a sniper while on patrol. His assailant was arrested in 1941 and confessed that Patrolman Moroso was mistaken for another officer who was targeted by gangsters. The suspect was convicted of murder and executed via the electric chair in 1943.
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