From the career of Joseph J. Gannon, NYPD retired

These are some of his personal momentos from his work on the Phil Cardillo Harlem Mosque case Left to right: Chief of Detectives Louis Cottell - Commissioner Michael J. Codd - Captain Timothy Dowd Det. Joseph J. Gannon - Det. Al Morrow (deceased) - Det. Joe (Jetty) Gates (deceased) Det. Michael Marino - Ptl. (later Detective) Vito Navarra (Phil Cardillo's partner) Det. Randy Jurgensen - Chief Inspector Michael Lonergan letter from Chief of Detectives Louis Cottell PBA Certificate of Merit US Secret Service surveillance photo taken at the intersection of E. 117 and Lenox. Joe is standing in the doorway. He describes the scene as "like High Noon."

On Oct. 7, 1968 Ptl. John Varecha of the 18th Precinct was assaulted after pursuing traffic violators into the 17th Precinct. A young Det. Joseph Gannon working out of the 18th Squad was one of the first officers to respond and he and Detective Bernie Corrigan of the 17th Squad were initially placed in charge of the crime scene although the case was assigned to Det. Randy Jurgensen who made the arrests in the case. Joe (right), Det. Corrigan and an unidentified Emergency Services lieutenant were removing the fatally wounded officer's property when a Daily News photographer took this photo. The story of Ptl. Varecha's LODD can be found at the NYPD Angels web site. A tragedy here was that one of the perpetrators was out on bail in another shooting at the time.

 
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