Arturo M. Meyers was 42 when he was fatally shot on June 17, 1993, after intervening in a dispute on the corner of Georgia and Sutter Avenues in Brooklyn. A corrections officer with the New York City Department of Correction for 19 years and assigned to the Brooklyn Criminal Courts, Meyers was off duty at the time and was shot four times while trying to de-escalate an altercation between a man and a woman. He was taken to Brookdale Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Meyers lived in southwest Queens and was six months short of eligibility for a 20-year retirement. He left behind his wife, Arlene, a 20-year-old son also named Arturo, and a 17-year-old daughter, Katrina. A suspect was apprehended after the shooting.

If anyone knew Officer Meyers or witnessed the incident at Georgia and Sutter Avenues that evening, please share information that might help complete the record.