I had forgotten about Larry Davis. I can remember when the standoff was on the Channel 4 news. Hard to believe that it was 22 years ago!
Davis was a dealer but also a CI. He knew a ton of stuff about a couple of dirty task force guys. He threatened to talk if he was busted on the drug dealing. He thought that the cops had a hit team out for him. He thought that they came there in such force to make sure he ended the day in a body bag. He came out shooting and got away. That’s when the six POs (some who had nothing to do with the narcotics guys, they were just back-up) got shot and Davis became a neighborhood hero.