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Crime History: Former NYPD officer kills judge over lawsuit

By Scott McCabe
Published May 20, 2012 4:00am ET
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Crime History: Former NYPD officer kills judge over lawsuit
On this day, May 21, in 1988, U.S. District Judge Richard Daronco was shot and killed by Charles Koster, a retired New York City police officer angry over the judge’s decision in a sexual discrimination lawsuit filed by his daughter. Daronco, 56, was gardening at his home in Pelham, N.Y., when 67-year-old Koster shot him […]

On this day, May 21, in 1988, U.S. District Judge Richard Daronco was shot and killed by Charles Koster, a retired New York City police officer angry over the judge’s decision in a sexual discrimination lawsuit filed by his daughter.

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