Bio & Incident Details
Age: 26
Tour: 4 years
Badge # 16633
Cause: Stabbed
Incident Date: 11/11/1989
Weapon: Edged weapon; Knife
Suspect: Not available
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Police Office Coe, who was off duty, died after he was stabbed by a man who he was involved in a motor vehicle accident with.
Officer Coe was with his girlfriend when car struck the back of a motorcycle. The suspect approached Officer Coe and words were exchanged and Officer Coe identified himself as police officer. The suspect then shoved Officer Coe and stabbed him three times in the chest and twice in the leg with a four-inch utility knife. The suspect also assaulted Officer Coe's girlfriend, slashing her across the hand when she tried to intervene.
Officer Coe was taken to Lutheran Medical Center where he died an hour later.
The suspect was arrested later that day.
Officer Coe had served with the New York City Police Department for four years. He was assigned to the Brooklyn South Task Force.
