Edward K. Ahrens was a 53-year-old NYPD officer assigned to the 28th Precinct when he was shot while on duty on the evening of Monday, May 5, 1975, near 118th Street and 7th Avenue in Manhattan. Another officer apprehended the suspected shooter two blocks from the scene the same night.

The abdominal wound proved severe and had long-term consequences. It forced Officer Ahrens into retirement in 1979, and he continued to suffer complications tied to that injury until he died on January 10, 1998, which is reported as a direct result of the 1975 wound. He was survived by his wife, two daughters, his father, two brothers, and two grandsons.

Are there any readers who remember the 28th Precinct in the mid 1970s or who have information about this case?