On a cold December morning in 1978, Kansas City Police Officer John J. O'Sullivan, a 34-year-old male, was diligently filling out reports in his patrol car at 68th and Myrtle. An immigrant from Ireland, he had become a United States citizen in 1971, the same year he joined the police force, dedicating his life to serving and protecting the community of Kansas City. He was a husband and a father to two young daughters, aged five and three.
The quiet of the morning was shattered when a man
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