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Suspect seized in cop's killing in Florida
Miami Florida October 31 AP police Lt. Robert Staab was fatally wounded in a pistol confrontation with a prowler at the Balmoral hotel in Bal Harbor. The 32 year old father of four died an hour after being shot in the head. Norman J Mackiewicz 32 an ex convict with an armed robbery record was captured two hours later at a roadblock in Hollywood Florida. Staab and his partner Sgt Joseph Stahmer were on a security watch during a convention at the Balmoral. Roadblocks were set across northern Dade and Broward counties. Mackiewicz told Patrolman George Lewis you ve got the wrong man at the Hollywood blockade. Staab born in Pittsburgh joined Bal Harbor six years ago. His wife Germaine is expecting another child. Mackiewicz upbringing noted by Conn detective Capt Arthur P Hayward who said he was raised by grandparents in New Britain then in an orphanage at six. A sister and aunt remain in New Britain but have not seen him in more than seven years.