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Officer Joseph Daniel Corr, a 30-year-old New Hartford police officer, was killed in the line of duty on the night of February 27, 2006. The sequence began with a robbery at a jewelry store on Commercial Drive. Officers spotted the suspects fleeing and pursued them for about three miles along Route 5 until the suspects’ getaway car struck a gas pump at a Byrne Dairy and ignited.

Two suspects fled on foot. One, Toussaint Davis, was apprehended at the crash scene; the other, Walter Richardson Jr., ran into woods behind the station. Officer Corr pursued Richardson, who opened fire and fatally wounded Corr. Richardson then carjacked a vehicle and escaped, triggering a large manhunt that ended when law enforcement located him barricaded in a Chester, Pennsylvania house; a subsequent exchange of gunfire left Richardson dead and a U.S. Deputy Marshal wounded.

Davis was charged and later convicted in state court, and additional accomplices were later indicted and convicted on federal conspiracy, robbery, and murder charges. Does anyone have verified memories or details about the pursuit or its aftermath that could add context to this case?