The following incidents have been reported by the Suffolk County Police Department and other law enforcement and emergency service organizations: POLICE INVESTIGATE DROWNING AT GILGO BEACH Suffolk ...

Jack Shapiro Sr., a retired NYPD sergeant from Holbrook, had set out Sunday to do what he loved: surfing. His son, Jack ...

Jack Shapiro, aged 54, was discovered unresponsive off Gilgo Beach's coastline shortly after 2 pm. A bystander rescued him, administered CPR, and he was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was ...

A former New York City police sergeant died from an apparent drowning while surfing in Long Island’s frigid waters on Sunday.

LONG ISLAND - A former NYPD officer died after being found unresponsive off the coast of Gilgo Beach on Sunday, according to the Associated Press. What we know: Jack Shapiro, 54, was pulled ...

Jack Shapiro, 54, was found unresponsive off the coast of Gilgo Beach shortly after 2 p.m., police said. He was pulled to shore by a bystander, given CPR, and taken to a nearby hospital ...

Jack Shapiro, a 54-year-old outdoorsman and retired Brooklyn cop, was winter-surfing off Gilgo Beach with friends around 2:20 p.m. when he plunged into the surf and had to be pulled to shore ...

LONG ISLAND - A former NYPD officer died after being found unresponsive off the coast of Gilgo Beach on Sunday, according to the Associated Press. Jack Shapiro, 54, was pulled ashore by a bystander ...

"Our friend, Jack Shapiro, was many things ... New York officials found four women's bodies in 2010 near Gilgo Beach, and charged Rex Heuermann with their murder. He was initially charged in the ...