On the evening of March 15, 1994, 26-year-old NYPD Officer Sean McDonald was on duty in the High Bridge section of the Bronx, guarding a condemned building at Edward L. Grant Highway and Shakespeare Avenue. Around 7:30 p.m. he responded to a report of suspicious activity at a nearby clothing store. Inside, he confronted two suspects during an apparent robbery and, while attempting a frisk, was shot multiple times in the neck, torso and arm. He radioed for help but died after being taken to Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center.

Two men were arrested within 48 hours. The alleged shooter, 20-year-old Rodolpho Rodriguez, and his accomplice, 27-year-old Javier Miranda, were charged with second-degree murder and armed robbery, convicted at trial and sentenced to 25 years to life. Officer McDonald, a U.S. Army veteran who had served with the NYPD for just under two years, was survived by his wife and three children. A park in Astoria, Queens, where he grew up, was named Sean’s Place in his memory.

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