Decorated Boston Cop in Coma After 'Unprovoked' Shooting

6ABC.com ^ | 03/28/2015 | EMILY SHAPIRO

[E. Pluribus Unum]

A police officer decorated for his role in the Boston Marathon bombing remains in critical condition in a medically-induced coma after he was shot in the face during a traffic stop, the city's police commissioner said today.

Boston Police Commissioner William Evans called the shooting of officer John Moynihan on Friday night "unprovoked." He and five other officers had pulled over a driver in Roxbury, Massachusetts, when the driver began firing at the officers, according to police.

[Bigg Red]

Prayers up for Officer Moynihan.

[JimRed]

It was not "unprovoked."

Officer Moynihan is white. First provocation. He had the temerity to stop a black who violated a traffic law. Second provocation.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Jamar said West was a new father and spent a lot of time with his infant son.

He was a good boy, a very good boy. He was just beginning to turn his life around.