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Off-duty cop kills would-be robber in Deer Park

Police say an off-duty Nassau County detective fatally shot a man who tried to rob him in Deer Park early Tuesday morning. Authorities say the detective was washing his car at a 24-hour self-serve car

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Oct 27, 2009, 7:11 PM

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