JOSEPH PETROSINO
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Officer Rank: Lieutenant
Memorial Panel: 56-E: 7
Department: New York City, New York, P.D.
End of Watch: March 12, 1909
Cause: SHOT
Age: 48
Years of Service: 25
Description: Ambush. Shot while uncovering evidence related to Sicilian organized crime members, who called themselves "Mano Nera," or the Black Hand. First Italian-American police officer to die in the line of duty and the only New York City police officer to be killed while on assignment overseas in Italy.
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