Former NYPD Deputy Commissioner Larry Byrne Dies At 61

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- The NYPD is mourning one of its own.

Larry Byrne, the department's former deputy commissioner and chief legal officer, has died at 61 years old.

Commissioner Dermot Shea called Byrne "one of the NYPD's top legal minds," in a Tweet reacting to Byrne's death Monday evening.

Byrne joined the NYPD to continue his brother's legacy of service.

Officer Eddie Byrne was 22 when he was fatally shot while protecting the home of a witness in a drug case in 1988.

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