{"id":63443,"date":"2015-12-22T10:00:55","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T15:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=63443"},"modified":"2015-12-22T09:22:37","modified_gmt":"2015-12-22T14:22:37","slug":"joseph-lemm-nypd-detective-killed-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=63443","title":{"rendered":"Joseph Lemm; NYPD detective killed in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yesterday, Hondo wrote<\/a> about the six Americans killed in a suicide attack near Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. One of those who were killed was Joseph Lemm, according to Fox News<\/a>. Lemm has been a New York Police Department detective for 15 years as well as a New York Air National Guardsman. He has deployed twice to Afghanistan and once to Iraq in addition to his duties as a cop.<\/p>\n

“Detective Joseph Lemm epitomized the selflessness we can only strive for: putting his country and city first,” Bratton said in a statement. “Tonight, we grieve and we remember this selfless public servant who dedicated his life to protecting others.”<\/p>\n

Lemm leaves behind a wife and three children.<\/p>\n

The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack, which targeted a joint NATO-Afghan patrol as it moved through a village near Bagram Airfield, the largest U.S. military facility in Afghanistan. The attacker rammed an explosives-laden motorcycle into the patrol, killing the six Americans and wounding two U.S. troops and an Afghan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A news broadcast in front of the 50th Precinct where Lemm worked as a detective is decked out in black bunting and the flag in front is at half-staff.<\/p>\n