Bio & Incident Details
Age: 35
Tour: 11 years
Badge # 1778
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 10/7/1975
Weapon: Handgun; 9 mm
Suspect: Sentenced to life
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Officer Matthew Giglio succumbed to gunshot wounds received while backing up other officers on a burglary call.
Officer Giglio was an EMT assigned to the Fifth Precinct police ambulance. He died of his wounds two months after being shot.
The killer was convicted of murder and sentenced to 25 years to life.
Officer Giglio had been employed with the Nassau County Police Department for 11 years.
He is survived by his wife, two daughters, and one sons.
