She Begged Them to Take Away His Police Revolver. He Died Anyway.

NEW YORK -- As soon as Eileen Echeverria saw detectives walking up to her home in a quiet Long Island hamlet, she said she knew why they had come.For more than two months, Echeverria, the sister of a New York City Police Department officer, pleaded with department supervisors to take away her older brother's service weapon. She believed he was dangerously unraveling under emotional problems and crippling debt.Her fears were realized: When they got to the house, the detectives confirmed that her