Troy Patterson spent 33 years in a coma after a botched robbery. Now, his family must finally bury him.
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.Over three decades after Patterson was senselessly shot in the head, his family is still hurting.The 27-year-old was shot once on January 16, 1990, while washing his car near his apartment."He reacted on our voice, even my grandmother's voice, he knew that we were there," his son, Troy Patterson, Jr. said.
His youngest daughter would sit on his father's lap and whisper into his ear: granddad you're a hero. Detective Patterson's cause of death is still being determined. The Brooklyn district attorney says the case is under review.Detectives reviewed Patterson's arrests around the time of the shooting, and even spoke to former girlfriends, to find a lead or a motive as to why someone would shoot the officer.
It was that love for basketball that allegedly started the shooting. Police reported that the suspects gunned Patterson down for $20, so the teens could play in a local basketball tournament.
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