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.
Hundreds of police officers lined Kingston Avenue outside the Historic First Church of God in Christ in Crown Heights, where Detective Troy Patterson — who was ambushed during a botched robbery attempt in 1990 — was tearfully laid to rest.
Detective Troy Patterson, mortally wounded during a robbery in Brooklyn, remained in a coma for more than three decades before dying last week.
Cops believe Tracy Clark shot Troy Patterson. The officer spent 33 years in a catatonic state and died Saturday.
Hundreds of police officers snapped to attention Monday and saluted Det. Troy Patterson's casket, draped with the NYPD flag, as it was wheeled into the Erskine Funeral Home in Bedford-Stuyvesant.