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Jan 29, 1995 · The Shooting A Cup of Coffee And an Ambush. Tuesday, January 21, 1986, was a mild day. Detective Burke, then 42, and Detective Venditti, 34, were tracking Federico (Fritzy) Giovanelli,...
Burke identified herself as a cop, ordered the men to freeze, and drew her weapon; one of the men shot her in the chest. As she crumpled onto the sidewalk, she fired five rounds, all of which went into the air. When Venditti reached for his gun, he was fatally shot in the head and back.
- Neal Hirschfeld
Jan 21, 2016 · His partner, Detective Kathleen Burke, was seriously wounded when gunmen opened fire on the pair outside of a diner, officials said. Venditti was investigating the Genovese crime family when...
Apr 23, 2008 · Kathy Burke, who received New York City's highest commendation for heroism, the Medal of Honor, retired from the NYPD in 1991. Today she is actively involved with the Police Self-Support Group, counseling cops who have suffered emotional or physical trauma on or off the job.
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- Kathy Burke, Neal Hirschfeld
On January 21, 1986, 34 year old undercover New York City police officer Anthony Venditti was shot twice in the head and killed while following Giovanelli with his partner, Detective Kathleen Burke, during an investigation. Giovanelli was charged with the murder.
When Kathy Burke joined the NYPD's ranks in June of that year she was one of only ten women in a class of 950 recruits. But the determined Burke had no doubt that she was born to be a cop, and in her twenty-three-year career she rose to be the most highly decorated female detective in the NYPD's history. "Detective" is her story.
