On the evening of March 14, 2007, 28-year-old auxiliary police officer Nicholas Todd Pekearo was killed on patrol in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village. Pekearo and his partner, Auxiliary Officer Yevgeniy Marshalik, responded on foot to a radio dispatch about a shooting at a Sullivan Street pizza shop and confronted a man who matched the suspect description. That man, identified as David Garvin, had just shot a bartender multiple times.

After initially dropping a bag, Garvin attacked Marshalik and fled. During the ensuing chase Garvin drew a handgun and opened fire. Pekearo sought cover behind a parked vehicle but was pursued and shot six times; Marshalik was then fatally shot in the head. Garvin exchanged fire with responding uniformed NYPD officers, attempted to hide in a nearby store, and was shot and killed by police. Investigators found he was carrying two handguns and over 100 rounds of ammunition. Pekearo had served four years with the 6th Precinct Auxiliary Police Unit and was also a writer.

Does anyone have further information about Pekearo’s life or his work with the auxiliary unit?