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Everett E. Hatcher (October 9, 1942 – February 28, 1989) was a Special Agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration who was shot and killed during a 1989 undercover operation in Staten Island. [1] The Murder of DEA Agent Hatcher by Costabile Farace was the first murder of a DEA agent in New York City since 1972. [2]

Hatcher was educated at PS 134 in Queens and De Witt Clinton High School in the Bronx. He obtained a bachelor's degree from Hampton Institute and a master's degree from Boston University. [1] He served in the US Army as a Deputy Provost Marshal in Germany, and after the military, worked as a teacher in New York City schools and then as an investigator for the New York County District Attorney. [3] Hatcher joined the DEA in 1977 serving for 12 years ending in his death on the job. [4]

In 1996, New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani unveiled a street sign on West 17th Street and 10th Avenue honorarily naming the street, the location of the DEA's New York Regional office, as "Special Agent Everett E. Hatcher Place". [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Press Release Archives - 595-96Everett E. Hatcher Place". www.nyc.gov.
  2. ^ French, Howard W. (19 November 1989). "Suspect in Drug Agent's Slaying Found Shot to Death". The New York Times.
  3. ^ ""S" Honorary Streets: The Bronx". nycstreets.info. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
  4. ^ "DEA agent is slain during operation in Charleston; so is his killer". silive.com. 27 March 2011.