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Lt. Giuseppe Petrosino is the only New York police officer to be killed in the line of duty outside the U.S. It happened in March 1909 when Petrosino, one of the most celebrated officers in the department's history, was sent to Italy to investigate the Mafia.
The New York Times reports:
"He stayed in hotels under an assumed name, and grew a beard to alter his appearance. But his reputation and purpose had preceded him.
"On the day of his murder, March 12, 1909, Lieutenant Petrosino left his revolver in his hotel room. And as he waited for a trolley in downtown Palermo, Sicily, two assassins approached.
"Four shots. Three bullet wounds."