GARY TEDESCO

Officer Rank: Probationary Officer
Memorial Panel: 30-W: 12
Department: Lodi, New Jersey, P.D.
End of Watch: August 26, 1963
Cause: SHOT
Age: 21
Years of Service: 2 weeks
Description: Probationary Officer Tedesco and Sergeant Peter Voto were ambushed, beaten and fatally shot when they responded to a disturbance call at a bar. One suspect was shot to death while resisting arrest. The second suspect was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison but paroled after serving 39 years.
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