Police Officer Kevin Joseph Gillespie Way (Bronx)
Present name:None
Location:At the intersection of Grand Concourse and East 183rd Street
Honoree: Officer Kevin Gillespie had served with the NYPD for 4 years and was assigned to the Special Operations Division Street Crime Unit. On March 14, 1996, OfficerGillespie was shot and killed by a man he had just pulled over. He and his partner had stopped a BMW which had been car-jacked earlier in the evening. As the two were approaching the vehicle, the men inside opened fire. One bullet struck Officer Gillespie in the shoulder, above his vest. The bullet went straight down his torso striking many organs. (Torres)
LL: 2016/23