Carmine Oswiecinski

How they died

Deadly force

When a narcotics squad knocked on Oswiecinski's door at 9 p.m. to serve a warrant, he is said to have answered with shots through the door. During the ensuing shoot-out two officers were wounded (one by a bullet, the other by shattered glass) and Oswiecinski escaped two doors down, briefly, until he was fatally shot during a physical struggle for control of a weapon.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Carmine Oswiecinski, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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