Fund for Shot Cop with Exeter Ties

A fund has been established to help a police officer with Exeter ties who was seriously hurt in a gunfight with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects.

Richard "Dic" Donohue, 33, was shot through the leg in Watertown, Mass. and lost a huge amount of blood, authorities said.

Donohue is a police officer with the Massachusetts Bay Tranportation Authority. His wife, Kim, is from Exeter and graduated from Exeter High School in 2000. They have a 7-month-old son.

After Donohue was shot, two Watertown firefighters rescued him and rushed to a hospital. At one point, he went into cardiac arrest, according to Dr. Russell Nauta, a doctor at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Mass. where Donohue is being treated. 

The MBTA Transit Police Benevolent Fund Inc. created this website to collect donations.

"Officer Richard Donohue is showing some positive signs of recovery but it will be a long and difficult road for him and his family," the website reads. "The MBTA Police Association Benevolent Fund, Inc. is seeking donations to assist him and his family in this difficult time."  

Donohue is a 1998 Winchester High School graduate. He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 2002. Prior to joining the MBTA police force, he served as an officer for the U.S. Navy.

The bombing suspects, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, allegedly killed three people and injured more than 170 by detonating bombs near the finish line of the marathon. Tamerlan died during the confrontation with police, while Dzhokhar was captured in Watertown and will be tried in federal court. The brothers are also accused of killing MIT Officer Sean Collier prior to the Watertown shoot-out with Donohue and other officers.

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