NEW ROCHELLE – Nardozzi Place in the City of New Rochelle now has a secondary name – Officer Allen B. McLeod Place.
McLeod was the first on the scene and the only officer to lay down his life in the February 14, 1977 St. Valentine’s Day Massacre at the Neptune World Moving Company.
He was one of five people slain by a disgruntled ex-employee who invaded the company’s Weyman Avenue warehouse in a Nazi storm trooper’s uniform and opened fire with a high-powered rifle. Three other police officers and two civilians were wounded.
The street naming is to recognize “the self-sacrifice and bravery” of McLeod, said Mayor Noam Bramson.
PBA President Det. Chris Greco said McLeod was one of eight fallen officers memorialized by the department with their names on a table on the Memorial Wall inside police headquarters and in a monument garden outside.
Unveiling on Friday
