In the early morning hours of February 15, 1971, a tragic event unfolded within the walls of the 41st Precinct stationhouse on Simpson Street in the Bronx. Detective Joseph Picciano, a 33-year-old male, was in the process of fingerprinting a prisoner named Antonio Allemano. Allemano had been arrested for the attempted abduction of a 13-year-old boy.
Suddenly, a struggle erupted between the detective and the suspect in the second-floor squad room. During the scuffle, Detective Picciano's s
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