Scott Parker was a 25-year-old Port Authority police officer who was killed after stopping to help a woman who appeared distressed in Coney Island on August 30, 1983. The woman was a decoy for a robbery team; three men emerged and attempted to rob Parker. He identified himself and drew his service weapon during the struggle. One assailant shot him in the neck; Parker returned fire, wounding one attacker, and was taken to Kings County Hospital. He remained on life support for several days and died on September 5, 1983.

All four people involved in the setup were arrested and charged with second-degree murder. The woman and two of the men were convicted and received 17 years to life.

Did anyone in Coney Island at that time see the decoy or the three accomplices, or have information about the third man’s later fate?