Jeana (DP)
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Officer finds son mortally wounded at fight scene
PATERSON, New Jersey (AP) -- A police officer responding to a report of a fight found that the mortally wounded victim was his son.
Officer Wayne Smith was working a night shift early Easter morning when he was called to the scene and pushed his way through the blood-spattered crowd. Someone yelled, "Wayne, that's your son, Dayshawn. He just got stabbed."
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"Dayshawn," he recalled saying. "It's Dad! I'm right here! Wake up! Come on! Let's do this!"
Dayshawn Smith died at 6:30 a.m. at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center.
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http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/03/29/nj.officer.ap/index.html
PATERSON, New Jersey (AP) -- A police officer responding to a report of a fight found that the mortally wounded victim was his son.
Officer Wayne Smith was working a night shift early Easter morning when he was called to the scene and pushed his way through the blood-spattered crowd. Someone yelled, "Wayne, that's your son, Dayshawn. He just got stabbed."
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"Dayshawn," he recalled saying. "It's Dad! I'm right here! Wake up! Come on! Let's do this!"
Dayshawn Smith died at 6:30 a.m. at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center.
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http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/03/29/nj.officer.ap/index.html
