NYPD Detective Troy Patterson to be buried after 33 years in coma following shooting
A funeral service will be held Friday for Troy Patterson, the NYPD detective who was shot while off-duty and spent the last 33 years in a coma.
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A funeral service will be held Friday for Troy Patterson, the NYPD detective who was shot while off-duty and spent the last 33 years in a coma.
Detective Troy Patterson, mortally wounded during a robbery in Brooklyn, remained in a coma for more than three decades before dying last week.
Members of the NYPD are mourning the loss of one of their own.
An NYPD officer who was shot in Brooklyn more than three decades ago has died after spending those years in a coma, the NYPD confirmed on Sunday.
NYPD Detective Troy Patterson died 33 years after he was shot in a botched robbery and spent three decades in a vegetative state.