NEW YORK—On Jan. 18, St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City was filled with police officers and city dignitaries as a Mass was held for Detective Steven McDonald, eight days after the fifth anniversary of his death.
On July 12, 1986, McDonald was on patrol in Central Park when he and his partner questioned 15-year-old Shavod Jones about bicycle thefts. Shavod fired three shots into McDonald, one of which left him a quadriplegic and on a ventilator.
