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16yr Old boy, lit mattress on fire out of boredom, kills 1
Father-of-four cop dies in fire after arsonist, 16, lit a mattress in Brooklyn apartment building 'because he was BORED'
- Eight-year NYPD veteran and father of four Dennis Guerra, 38, died at the hospital just before 7 a.m. today
- Officer and mother of four Rosa Rodriguez, 36, is in critical condition
- The two NYPD officers were injured on Sunday during building fire in Coney Island
- Marcell Dockery, 16, charged with assault and arson after admitting to police he set a mattress on fire inside building out of boredom
- Those who know Dockery described him as a 'firebug' who may have started blazes in the past
- Dockery's mother Sandra Howard may lose her apartment
Evil grin: Marcell Dockery, 16, flashed a smile for the cameras during his arrest for allegedly starting a fire in Coney Island Sunday that left two police officers clinging to life
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One teen's boredom lead to a beloved police officer's death today after the 16-year-old boy lit a mattress on fire in a Brooklyn apartment building on Sunday and severely scalded two police officers.
NYPD housing officer Dennis Guerra, a 38-year-old father of four died before 7 a.m. this morning at Montefiore hospital in the Bronx.
Guerra and his partner Rosa Rodriguez, 36, were the first to arrive on the combusting scene at the 18-story Unity Tower at 2007 Surf Ave in Coney Island where 'firebug' Marcello Dockery used his lighter to set a mattress on fire in the hallway of he and his mother's apartment in public housing.
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Suspicious fire: Firefighters located officers Dennis Guerra and Rosa Rodriguez unconscious and unresponsive on the floor of the hall of the 13th floor
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz2yP0oKiqf
NYPD Housing officer Dennis Guerra
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?se...ork&id=9497340
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