Steven McDonald, 59, died at North Shore hospital Tuesday afternoon after suffering a massive heart attack in his home on Friday. McDonald was a New York City Police Officer until he was shot and paralyzed in the line of duty in 1986.
McDonald was working a routine day in Central Park in the summer of 1986. There had been reports of recent bike thefts in the area that McDonald and his partner were looking into. A teenager shot McDonald three times in the head and neck while McDonald was questioning him. The injuries left McDonald paralyzed from the neck down and he required a respirator to breathe.