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Top law enforcement officials describe the chain of events that ended in the deaths of two Syracuse-area police officers| syracuse
Joseph Murphy, 61, pleaded not guilty to illegal possession of a firearm.| syracuse
The two officers were shot and killed Sunday night near Syracuse.| syracuse
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