A vigil was held Thursday in the Bronx for an NYPD officer who was shot and killed by his own father in an apparent murder-suicide on Wednesday. DougWilliamsTV has more from friends, family and fellow officers.
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Officer Alexis Martinez was off-duty and at home when police say he was shot by his own father Wednesday afternoon, leaving a family, a neighborhood and a police department in a state of disbelief.Police: Off-duty officer Alexis Martinez killed in apparent murder-suicide in the Bronx "The crowd here speaks volumes. Volumes that community, family, police come together and support Alexis's family," NYPD Deputy Chief Benjamin Gurley said.Commissioner Edward Caban called his death an"unspeakable loss." He was there alongside fellow saluting officers as Martinez's body was carried out on Wednesday.
"Every once in a while, those emotions bottle up and then you implode. My uncle was not a violent man," he said.
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