Frank T. DiNapoli was a 31-year-old detective with the Co-op City Department of Public Safety who was shot and killed on the night of December 16, 1995. He had served with the department for nine years and was working an off-duty security job at a Bronx nightclub when a fight broke out. After removing several patrons earlier in the evening, he and others were confronted by those same individuals as they were leaving. One man pulled out a gun and shot Detective DiNapoli once in the back; he was pronounced dead at the scene near the intersection of the Cross Bronx Expressway and Thierot Avenue.

Police later apprehended a suspect who was charged in connection with the shooting. The case drew attention from the community and fellow officers mourning a man described as someone who intervened to maintain peace even when not officially on duty.

If anyone remembers that night or has information about the confrontation outside the club, please come forward.