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	Suffolk County&nbsp;police Officer Michael LaFauci, who was shot by suspect Janell Funderburke in&nbsp;Coram on May 11, left&nbsp;Stony Brook University Hospital on Thursday, NewsdayTV Cecilia Dowd reports.
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