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Watch: Long Island Officer Gets Hero's Send-Off From Hospital Week After Being Shot On Duty Watch: Long Island Officer Gets Hero's Send-Off From Hospital Week After Being Shot On Duty
Watch: Long Island Officer Gets Hero's Send-Off From Hospital Week After Being Shot On Duty A Long Island police officer is back home with his family just one week after being shot while on duty. Suffolk County Police officer Michael LaFauci was released from Stony Brook University Hospital on Thursday, May 18. Video shared by the department shows the six-year veteran officer exiting the hospital in a wheelchair, flanked by his fiancé and 17-month-daughter, as dozens of officers salute and bagpipers perform "God Bless America." Video of LaFauci's release can be viewed here. The moving scene came just seven days after LaFauci was shot while surveilling a home in Coram, located on…

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Update: Long Island Officer Shot On Duty To Be Released From Hospital Update: Long Island Officer Shot On Duty To Be Released From Hospital
Update: Long Island Officer Shot On Duty To Be Released From Hospital A Long Island police officer is set to be released from the hospital a week after he was shot while on duty. Suffolk County Police officer Michael LaFauci will be released from Stony Brook University Hospital at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 18, the department announced in a statement. LaFauci was shot Thursday, May 11, while surveilling a home in Coram, located on Homestead Drive near Norfleet Lane, as part of an armed robbery investigation. Earlier Report: Accused Cop Shooter Was Once Rescued From Burning Car By Suffolk County Police The alleged gunman, 20-year-old Jennel Funderburke, of C…

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Accused Cop Shooter Was Once Rescued From Burning Car By Same Long Island Police Force Accused Cop Shooter Was Once Rescued From Burning Car By Same Long Island Police Force
Accused Cop Shooter Was Once Rescued From Burning Car By Same Long Island Police Force The 20-year-old man accused of shooting a Long Island police officer during a foot chase was once rescued by members of the same police force. Jennel Funderburke, of Coram, pleaded not guilty to attempted murder in Suffolk County Court on Friday, May 12, in connection with the shooting of a Suffolk County Police officer one day prior. Police had been surveilling Funderburke’s Coram home, located on Homesteads Drive near Norfleet Lane, as part of an armed robbery investigation on Thursday, May 11, according to police. Earlier Report: Update: ID Released For Man Accused Of Shooting Suf…

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