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Funeral held for N.Y. officer shot in botched robbery

Thousands of police officers from New York and New Jersey gathered at a small Long Island church Monday to honor a New York Police Department patrolman shot to death during a botched robbery in Brooklyn. Officer Peter Figoski was remembered as a dedicated worker - a 22-year veteran with 12 medals and more than 200 arrests - and loving father of four daughters.

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