Tag: killed in the line of duty

The New York Police Department, fellow officers, local elected officials and community members mourned the loss of NYPD Sgt. Paul J. Tuozzolo Saturday, who was gunned down in the line of duty Friday afternoon by an ex-con from Brentwood. Tuozzolo, 41, a father of two and 19-year police veteran from Huntington, was fatally shot in the head Friday by 35-year-old Manuel Rosales while responding to reports of an armed home invasion at the residence of Rosales’ estranged wife in the Bronx, according to police.