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Queens Man Sentenced to 25 Years to Life for Fatally Stabbing EMS Captain
- On June 30, 2025, Peter Zisopoulos, a 37-year-old resident of Queens, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison after being found guilty of murdering EMS Captain Alison Russo during a 2022 attack in Astoria.
- Following a trial in May that featured video footage of him stabbing Russo over 20 times, Zisopoulos was found guilty of murder in the second degree and unlawful possession of a weapon.
- The attack occurred unprovoked outside Russo’s Astoria stationhouse on September 29, 2022, as she walked to a nearby store while in uniform, and Zisopoulos fled before surrendering after barricading himself in his apartment.
- FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker described Russo as “the best of the best” and noted the sentencing delivers the maximum punishment, while Russo’s family expressed immense pain but relief that justice was served.
- The sentencing symbolizes accountability for Russo’s brutal killing, though officials and family acknowledge it cannot undo the loss, as Russo was posthumously promoted and honored by a street co-naming in Queens.
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Peter Zisopoulos sentenced to 25 years to life in the stabbing death of Long Island's FDNY-EMS Capt. Alison Russo of Huntington
Queens State Supreme Court Judge Ushir Pandit-Durant hit Peter Zisopoulos, 37, with the expected maximum sentence after he was found guilty after a May trial of second degree murder in the unprovoked attack.
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