New York Police Department (NYPD) police officers lined the streets of Brooklyn to pay tribute to a detective who spent 33 years in a vegetative state after being shot in the head in 1990.<br /><br />Troy Patterson was washing his car when he was approached by three suspects demanding $20.<br /><br />A 15-year-old boy shot the officer in the head, leaving him with “catastrophic” injuries.<br /><br />Mr Patterson died on 29th April in New Jersey.<br /><br />His remains were transferred to a funeral home in Brooklyn on Monday, 1 May.
