As two court officers led Brandon Washington out of a federal courtroom Aug. 22, he turned to the gallery and offered Lynn Mazurkiewicz the two words she has waited nearly three years to hear: I'm sorry.

Washington is not accused of killing her husband, Rochester Police Officer Anthony Mazurkiewicz. Federal prosecutors, however, contend it was Washington who ignited a violent drug war in Rochester that led to the murder of the officer and two others in July 2022.

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