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Detective Dennis Eric Guerra photo courtesy of Officer Down Memorial Page https://www.odmp.org/officer/22060-detective-dennis-eric-guerra

Police Officer Dennis Guerra (d. 213) was killed in the line of duty, he was 38. Guerra died from injuries he sustained on April 6, 2013, after responding to a fire on the 13th floor of a NYCHA apartment building in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn. The fire was later determined to be arson. The 38-year-old father of four had served with the New York City Police Department for eight years. At his funeral, Commissioner Bratton promoted him posthumously to the rank of detective.

Sources:

Gil Tauber, "NYC Honorary Street Names," accessed June 15, 2022, http://www.nycstreets.info/

Officer Down Memorial Page, "Detective Dennis Eric Guerra," accessed April 28, 2023, https://www.odmp.org/officer/22060-detective-dennis-eric-guerra

Michael Wilson, "A Sea of Blue and Mourning at an Officer’s Funeral," The New York Times, April 14, 2014, https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/15/nyregion/rockaways-funeral-honors-officer-who-died-after-responding-to-a-fire.html

Article about the street naming, but need a subscription: https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/queens-street-renamed-nypd-officer-killed-arson-fire-article-1.2367104