Michael O'Keefe is an author and poet. For twenty-four years, he worked in the toughest neighborhoods in New York, specializing in investigating Homicides and other violent crimes. Michael O’Keefe is a retired 1st Grade Detective from the NYPD. He was born and raised on the mean streets described in his fiction.

The officer killed Garcia in the lobby of a Washington Heights apartment building after an altercation between the two errupted. Michael O’Keefe is a retired 1st Grade Detective from the NYPD. Michael O’Keefe is a retired 1st Grade Detective from the NYPD. Jose “Kiko” Garcia was an immigrant from the Dominican Republic living in Washington Heights. He was born and raised on the mean streets described in his fiction. In July of 1992, he was shot by an NYPD officer named Michael O’Keefe. For twenty-four years, he worked in the toughest neighborhoods in New York, specializing in investigating Homicides and other violent crime.

Michael O’Keefe is a retired 1st Grade Detective from the NYPD. For twenty-four years, he worked in the toughest neighborhoods in New York, specializing in investigating Homicides and other violent crime. The author of the breakout thriller, Shot to Pieces (Amazon, 2016), he lives on Long Island with his family, by way of New York City. His characters and settings are drawn from the people he encountered there—on both sides of the law. A retired detective from the NYPD, his novels are inspired by the colorful characters he encountered there--on both sides of the law. For twenty-four years, he worked in the toughest neighborhoods in New York, specializing in investigating Homicides and other violent cr... – Listen to #45: Author Extraordinaire, Michael O'Keefe by Police Off The Cuff instantly on your tablet, phone or browser - no downloads needed.

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