Fair Lawn NJ first female officer killed in the line of duty

[elisa8002]

Mary Ann Collura, 43, of Fair Lawn died Thursday. She was an officer with the Fair Lawn Police Department who received numerous commendations in her 18 years on the force.

Ms. Collura was slain in the line of duty.

She was born in New York City and was a delegate to New Jersey State Policemen's Benevolent Association Local 67.

Ms. Collura was an honorary member of the Chai Riders Motorcycle Club of New York and New Jersey. She had been involved in many local and state charitable and professional organizations.

She was a parishioner of St. Anne R.C. Church, Fair Lawn.

Surviving are her mother, Helen Westine Collura; a brother, Paul Collura; and two sisters, Patricia Snyder and Linda Hughes.

Accused cop killer Omar Marti was slain by sheriff's deputies in Florida on Sunday after leading authorities on a 30-mile car chase that ended in a hail of gunfire.

In a last-ditch effort to fend off authorities from the Hernando and Sumter county sheriff's departments, the 23-year-old Passaic man emerged from his disabled vehicle firing several weapons.

Six deputies returned shots, and Marti was struck in the chest multiple times, authorities said. Marti was airlifted to a Florida hospital, where he was pronounced dead. None of the deputies was injured.

Police are convinced that Marti was responsible for killing Fair Lawn Police Officer Mary Ann Collura and wounding Clifton Officer Steven Farrell, and are not surprised he chose to end the chase in such a fashion, said Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli


YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES R IN MY PRAYERS

[metallicat]

That is awful. When it says first female, does that mean ever? Or just in that city?

[elisa8002]

Just in the city.

[summer]

I'm sorry for her and her family.

[kupd739]

I believe she was only the 3rd or 4th female officer killed in the line of duty in the state.