On March 29, 1972, Andy Amoroso was working patrol for the Bristol Township Police Department. While at a car stop at the Brittany Springs Apartments, he heard a call crackle over the radio for a bank robbery at the corner of New Falls Road and Veterans Highway (Route 413).
Amoroso and his fellow officers rushed to the bank and information on the suspects and fleeing vehicle was broadcast across police radio.
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Amoroso recalled to LevittownNow.com that what he heard next come across the radio will never leave his mind.
Nearly 50 years later, Amoroso still clearly remembers hearing Officer Harvey Shaw call on the radio that Detective Sgt. George Stuckey was shot.
Amoroso and his fellow officers sped to Stuckey’s aid.
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He was shot by one of the men involved in the bank robbery after he stopped their vehicle just a few hundred feet from the doors of the Bristol Township Police Station.
Stuckey, who was a husband and father, was thrown into a police car by officers, but he was soon pronounced dead due to his injuries.
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“When they killed George, they killed a good guy,” said Amoroso, whose son is a Middletown Township officer.
Close to 50 years after his murder, a small memorial for Stuckey was placed last Friday outside the door to the police station.
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Amoroso said it was nice to see that Stuckey was being remembered all these years later.
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The Bristol Township Police Benevolent Association hosted a small ceremony that included current and retired officers and others who knew Stuckey.
Detective Tim Fuhrmann, who heads the police union, addressed those gathered for the ceremony. He said the memorial will remind officers working today of Stuckey’s sacrifice.
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Stuckey is the Bristol Township Police Department’s only line of duty death.
Correction: This story has been updated to reflect the fact that Detective. Stuckey did not make the radio call that he was not. Another officer made that call.
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