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ANTHONY
PALMISANO
1942 - 1969
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EDWIN
R. WOODRIFFE
1941 - 1969
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Special
Agents Edwin R. Woodriffe and Anthony Palmisano
were shot and killed on January 8, 1969, by escaped
federal prisoner Billie Austin Bryant. The Agents
had just entered a Southeast Washington, D.C.,
apartment building, where Bryant was hiding,
when the escaped prisoner shot both SAs Woodriffe
and Palmisano in the hallway. Bryant had escaped
from nearby Lorton Prison in August, 1968. He
had been serving a sentence of 15 to 63 years
for robbery and assault. Bryant was apprehended,
tried, and found guilty of the two murders. He
received a life sentence for each murder.
SA
Woodriffe was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1941.
After earning his degree from Fordham University
in New York, and working in the U.S. Treasury
Department, he accepted an appointment as a Special
Agent with the FBI. In February of 1968, SA Woodriffe
transferred to the field office in Washington,
D.C.
SA
Palmisano was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1942.
He began working for the FBI as a clerk in the
Newark field office, during which he also earned
his degree from Seton Hall College. SA Palmisano
entered on duty as a Special Agent in 1967 and,
in 1968, transferred to the field office in Washington,
D.C.