Frank Dean Genovese was a 26-year-old deputy sheriff killed on June 3, 1982, during a prolonged SWAT response to a standoff at 1012 10th Lane in the Chalets IV Development in Greenacres, Florida. The suspect had barricaded himself, set furniture on fire, and threatened to blow up the building. During the roughly four-hour standoff, Deputy Genovese was positioned on a rooftop across the street and was fatally shot in the forehead; another deputy was wounded in the exchange.

Nick Michael Tufaro was arrested and charged in connection with the shooting but was acquitted on December 14, 1984, after his defense raised the possibility the fatal shot could have been return fire from another officer amid chaotic gunfire. Tufaro later faced separate violent and firearms-related charges in the years that followed. Genovese, a U.S. Army veteran, had served 16 months with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Department after three years with Daytona Beach Police and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on September 13, 1982.

Does anyone have memories of the incident or information about the investigation around that rooftop position during the standoff?