One of two NYPD sergeants who were shot in Lower Manhattan while stopping a robbery suspect on Thursday afternoon was released from the hospital later in the
Meanwhile, charges are pending against the suspected shooter, whom police brass identified as a gang member, police brass said.
Kenny said Dorsett is a known “Up the Hill” gang member who is currently out on parole for a drug possession conviction in 2022, and had visited his probation officer earlier Thursday morning. “He produces a firearm and announces a robbery. He pointed at numerous women and begins to steal their purses,” Chief Kenny said.Police brass say the location is officially listed as a mahjong parlor, but also engaged in gambling. Being from the area, police believe Dorsett knew of the gaming activity prior to the robbery.
“When two uniformed sergeants, one from the 5th Precinct and one from the 7th Precinct, stop Dorsett, he begins to pull a loaded firearm out of his front pants pocket. A struggle begins for the possession of the gun between Dorsett and the two sergeants, and a shot is fired by the perpetrator,” Chief Kenny said. “One sergeant is struck in the groin, and one is struck in the left leg. We have one bullet that hit both cops.
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