On a September evening in 2004, Detectives Patrick Rafferty and Robert Parker of the NYPD’s 67th Precinct Detective Squad answered a domestic disturbance in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. They located the suspect, Marlon Legere, on East 49th Street. During an attempt to apprehend Legere, a struggle occurred and Legere gained control of Detective Parker’s 9mm service weapon and shot both officers at close range. Both detectives were struck multiple times in the chest and were taken to Kings County Hospital, where they died of their wounds.

Detective Rafferty, 39 and a 15-year veteran of the department, was able to return fire and wound Legere in the leg; Parker identified the assailant in a 911 call before dying. Legere carjacked a minivan and fled but was captured less than two hours later a few blocks from the scene after a citizen reported a suspicious person. Rafferty was posthumously awarded the NYPD’s Medal of Honor and left behind his wife and three children.

Are there any witnesses or neighborhood residents who remember the manhunt or the moments after the shooting who can add details?