Answering a domestic violence call, from a woman who said her boyfriend was going to kill her, Officer Alain Schaberger, 42, was killed when he was shoved over a 9-foot-high railing by a 42-year old suspect, George Villanueva. The officer hit his head on the cement and broke his neck.
Schaberger was a member of the 84th Precinct, which covers Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo.
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