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Off-duty NYPD cop shoots armed robber

(AP) - New York City police say an off-duty cop shotand killed an armed robber during a hold-up at a Brooklyn autoshop. The officer was getting his car repaired when two men came intothe shop and yelled

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Off-duty NYPD cop shoots armed robber

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