Ted Donald was a 32-year-old New York City Housing Authority Police Officer with nine years of service who was killed while on duty at the Butler Housing Projects in the Bronx. On Friday, June 15, 1979, he and his partner responded to a reported burglary. They found an apartment door with a drilled-out lock and entered to investigate. As they proceeded down a hallway, a single gunshot struck Officer Donald in the head and chest; he died at the scene.

His partner returned fire, and the man who had fired the fatal shot surrendered and was taken into custody. That 32-year-old suspect told investigators he had permission to be in the apartment and had mistaken Officer Donald for the burglar he had heard outside. The suspect was arrested and later convicted on August 2, 1980, of criminally negligent homicide, a charge with a maximum penalty of four years in prison. Officer Donald was survived by his wife and daughter.

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