NYPD Sgt. Carl Johnson is expected to be released from Bellevue Hospital on Friday
LOWER EAST SIDE, Manhattan --The shooting happened after police received a report around 4:15 p.m. Thursday about a man armed with a gun robbing women of their purses on the second floor of 91 Canal St.
The officers ran onto the street and, working through a language barrier, managed to get a description of the suspect over the air. Multiple victims told the responding officers that the suspect had fled northbound toward Delancey Street. A struggle for the weapon ensued between the suspect and the officers. Dorsett was able to get off one shot, which went through Johnson's thigh, and grazed Leap's leg.Leap, who works as a neighborhood coordination sergeant and has been on the force for 11 years, was accompanied by his wife and mother as he was released from the hospital Thursday night to cheering officers.
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