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06-25-2009, 06:48 PM
Rochester Police Officer Anthony DiPonzio was released from the hospital this morning following Monday’s reconstructive surgery.
On Monday, neurosurgeon Dr. Paul Maurer attached a synthetic skull to DiPonzio’s head during surgery at Rochester General Hospital. This was the second brain surgery for DiPonzio, 23, of Greece, who sustained a near fatal gunshot wound to the head Jan. 31. Half of his skull was initially removed to relieve the pressure from the swelling of the brain.
DiPonzio was shot after he and other officers had gone to Dayton Street the afternoon of Jan. 31 for a complaint of drug activity. The officers made no arrests and were walking back to their vehicles to leave when DiPonzio was shot from behind.
Tyquan Rivera, 15, of Dayton Street, is accused of firing a .22-caliber rifle from about 10 houses down from where DiPonzio was walking and shooting a bullet into DiPonzio’s head. His trial is scheduled to begin Aug. 10.
DiPonzio, who will be going back to his Greece home where he is living with his parents, will continue to go to therapy each week. Maurer said Monday that DiPonzio’s recovery could take about another year or year and a half.
On Monday, neurosurgeon Dr. Paul Maurer attached a synthetic skull to DiPonzio’s head during surgery at Rochester General Hospital. This was the second brain surgery for DiPonzio, 23, of Greece, who sustained a near fatal gunshot wound to the head Jan. 31. Half of his skull was initially removed to relieve the pressure from the swelling of the brain.
DiPonzio was shot after he and other officers had gone to Dayton Street the afternoon of Jan. 31 for a complaint of drug activity. The officers made no arrests and were walking back to their vehicles to leave when DiPonzio was shot from behind.
Tyquan Rivera, 15, of Dayton Street, is accused of firing a .22-caliber rifle from about 10 houses down from where DiPonzio was walking and shooting a bullet into DiPonzio’s head. His trial is scheduled to begin Aug. 10.
DiPonzio, who will be going back to his Greece home where he is living with his parents, will continue to go to therapy each week. Maurer said Monday that DiPonzio’s recovery could take about another year or year and a half.