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“Gunman Killed by Off-Duty Cop at 344
Broome Street” (February 3, 1942)
John Strausbaugh writes:
As Andrew Izzo lay sprawled on Broome
Street in 1942, one of the most famous
photographers in New York City took his
picture.
Late on the night of Feb. 2, Izzo and
accomplices tried to hold up the Spring
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Shot by an off-duty cop, Izzo staggered
toward Elizabeth and fell dead on his face,
his gun skittering across the sidewalk.re photographer on the scene
Arthur Fellig, better known as Weegee. He
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