Crime & Safety
Wife of Injured MBTA Officer Grateful on Mother's Day
Winchester native and MBTA Officer Richard Donohue Jr. was seriously wounded in a shootout with the Boston Marathon bombers.
The wife of a police officer recovering from being shot in a firefight with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects said she was grateful on Mother's Day Sunday.
"I have my husband and my son has his daddy back," wrote Kim Donohue on a Facebook page she's using to give updates on her husband's recovery.
Her husband, Winchester native Richard Donohue Jr., was seriously wounded during a shootout in Watertown. It's unclear who shot the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority police officer. Police are investigating the possibility that it was the result of friendly fire.
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Another police officer, Sean Collier, was killed during the shootout.
Donohue was shot in the leg and lost a massive amount of blood. He said he has been able to walk with the help a walker as he continues his recovery at Mount Auburn hospital in Cambridge.
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His wife is from Exeter, N.H.
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