In the early morning hours of June 20, 1903, a male Special Police Officer named Maurice Ahearn, aged 32, was shot and killed in the Rochelle Park neighborhood of New Rochelle, New York. While on patrol, he encountered a man carrying a bag over his shoulder. When Officer Ahearn questioned the individual about the contents of the bag, a confrontation ensued. The man, identified as Francesco Raffo, shot Officer Ahearn multiple times, leaving him for dead on Manhattan Avenue. Residents, awakened by
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