BOSTON (AP) – A decorated officer remained in a medically induced coma Saturday, a night after he was shot in the face during a traffic stop that ended when other officers fatally shot his attacker, Boston’s police commissioner said.
Officer John Moynihan, 34, was struck just below his right eye and the bullet remains lodged below his right ear. He was listed in critical condition, Commissioner William Evans said.
Evans said Moynihan is undergoing tests there is being monitored for bleeding in his brain. “We are hoping and praying there’s not further damage,” Evans said.
“He’s a fighter. I am sure he’s going to pull through,” the commissioner said.
Moynihan and five other gang task force members, traveling in two cars, stopped a car Friday night after reports of shots fired, Evans said.