Officer Anthony Sanchez was a 31-year-old, ten-year veteran of the New York City Police Department when he was killed in the early hours of May 19, 1997. He had been dispatched to a luxury apartment building on West 17th Street in Manhattan after a 911 call reporting an armed robbery in progress; the suspect was attempting to rob his own father. Sanchez took a position in a stairwell between the ninth and tenth floors to cut off the suspect’s escape. An exchange of gunfire occurred there and Sanchez was fatally struck in the neck.

He attempted to descend the stairs but collapsed on the third-floor landing and was taken to St. Vincent’s Medical Center, where he died. He was remembered as a decorated officer who had received fifteen departmental medals and was survived by his wife and seven-year-old son.

Does anyone have memories of Officer Sanchez or information about that night to share?