NORTH MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. (AP) - Slain police officer Brian Moore is the second alumnus of Long Island’s Plainedge High School to be killed in the line of duty while working for the New York Police Department.
Plainedge High School’s athletic field in North Massapequa pays tribute to Edward Byrne, a 1984 alumnus.
Byrne was a 22-year-old NYPD rookie when he was killed on Feb. 26, 1988. He was guarding the twice-firebombed home of a drug case witness in his patrol car when he was shot to death on orders from a drug lord in Queens.
The case attracted national headlines.
Moore was pronounced dead on Monday, two days after being shot while attempting to stop a man suspected of carrying a handgun.
The school’s website announced a vigil would be held there Monday night.
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