List grows of NYPD partners killed on duty

Wenjian Lu and Rafael Ramos
Wenjian Lu and Rafael Ramos

For a cop in the NYPD, having a partner who has your back is vital. The link between cop partners is often lifelong, emotional and in recent days tragic. With the shooting deaths of NYPD officers Wenjian Lu and Rafael Ramos who were ambushed by Ismail Brinsley the list of NYPD partners killed in the line of duty has grown:

1972- Officers Greg Foster and Rocco Laurie were ambushed and gunned down in the East Village simply for being cops.


Officers Greg Foster and Rocco Laurie were ambushed and gunned down in the East Village simply for being cops
Officers Rocco Laurie and Greg Foster

1975- Officer Andrew Glover and Sgt. Frederick Reddy were shot by Luis Serrano Velez during a traffic stop.

Officers Andrew Glover and   Frederick Reddy
Officers Andrew Glover and Frederick Reddy

1978- Officers Norman Cerullo and Christie Masone were killed during a robbery in Brooklyn.


Norman Cerullo and Christie Masone

Officers Norman Cerullo and Christie Masone

1989- Detectives Keith Williams and Richard Guerzon were murdered as they transported Jay Stoney Harrison to Rikers Island Prison.

Keith Williams and Richard Guerzon
Detectives Keith Williams and Richard Guerzon

2003- Detectives James Nemorin and Rodney Andrews were killed during a botched gun buy on Staten Island

Detectives James Nemorin (left) and Rodney Andrews
Detectives James Nemorin (left) and Rodney Andrews

2004- Detectives Robert Parker and Dennis Rafferty were shot and killed when they attempted to arrest a suspect on a domestic violence complaint in East Flatbush

Detectives Robert Parker and Dennis Rafferty

Detectives Robert Parker and Dennis Rafferty

2007-  Auxillary NYPD officers Nicholas Pekearo,28, and Eugene Marshalik,19, chased down David Garvin, a mentally unstable man who had just killed bartender Alfredo Romero.

Aux. Officers Nicholas Pekearo and Eugene Marshalik
Aux. Officers Nicholas Pekearo and Eugene Marshalik

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