Hero NYPD cop Steven McDonald — who famously forgave the cowardly teenage gunman who left him paralyzed from the neck down 30 years ago — died Tuesday at ...

NYPD Officer Steven McDonald, his wife, Patti Ann, and son Conor at the 2016 New York St. Patrick's Day Parade. Pacific Press/LightRocket/Getty Images. Story highlights.

NYPD Detective First Grade Steven McDonald, who was paralyzed from the neck down in the shooting, died at about 1 p.m. ET at North Shore University Hospital, the police agency announced.

NYPD hero Steven McDonald died Tuesday at the age of 59. “If there’s a better guy in this world, I want to meet him,” Secreto said outside the hospital, his voice heavy with emotion.

Paralyzed NYPD Officer Steven McDonald with his wife, Patti Ann, in his hospital room on Sept. 24, 1986, where he was healing after being shot while on duty in Central Park in July 1986.

What to Know. NYPD Detective Steven McDonald was memorialized during a Friday morning funeral at St. Patrick's Cathedral; The hero cop was shot by a brazen teen in 1986 and became a paraplegic; he ...

NYPD Det. Steven McDonald, a Malverne resident who died on Jan. 10, 2017, was remembered Tuesday as a man committed to helping — and forgiving — others.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) --A hero NYPD detective, known for forgiving a gunman who left him paralyzed, has died days after suffering a heart attack.He was 59. Steven McDonald died shortly after 1 ...

McDonald was just 29 when he was rendered quadriplegic by a teenage gunman. Months later, McDonald penned a letter of forgiveness that turned him into an ambassador for New York's police force.

A body was found wrapped in a plastic bag on the roof of a McDonald’s in the Bronx section of New York City on Wednesday, police said. Officers responding to a 911 call at around 6 a.m. found ...

A 14-year-old boy was stabbed to death at a McDonald's in Sunnyside, Queens, after teenagers got into a brawl at the fast-food joint Friday afternoon, according to the NYPD.