Two NYPD Officers shot armed robbery perp in custody.

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Bill Cannon Police off the Cuff/Real Crime Stories

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🗓️ 2 August 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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2 NYPD Officers Shot on Lower East Side in Chase of Robbery Suspect A gunman shot two police sergeants who were trying to arrest him minutes after an armed robbery in a mahjong parlor on the Lower East Side in Manhattan on Thursday, Police Department officials said. One officer was shot in the groin, and the other was grazed by a bullet in the leg, Joseph Kenny, the chief of detectives, said at a news conference on Thursday at Bellevue Hospital, where the officers were being treated for their wounds. Both were in stable condition, said Chief Kenny, who was joined at the news conference by Mayor Eric Adams. The sergeant who was grazed will be released from the hospital on Thursday night, and the sergeant who was shot in the groin will be held overnight for observation. A man, Joshua Dorsett, 22, was taken into custody at the scene, Chief Kenny said. Around 4:15 p.m., the police responded to a 911 call regarding a man on the second floor of a building on Canal Street near Eldridge Street, Chief Kenny said. The man, whom the police later identified as Mr. Dorsett, had pulled out a gun and pointed it at several women at the mahjong parlor, a popular neighborhood spot where people gather and bet money on mahjong games, he said. Mr. Dorsett demanded that the women hand over their purses. He grabbed a number of purses, ran out of the building and fled north on foot, Chief Kenny said. Seven minutes later, police officers on Delancey Street saw Mr. Dorsett, who fit the description of the gunman.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to police off the cuff, real crime stories.
0:14.2	I'm your host, retired NYPD Sergeant Bill Cannon, the 27-year veteran of the NYPD.
0:20.1	You know, folks, we had a real harrowing incident occurred yesterday,
0:23.3	and you can still look at the thumbnail up on the screen.
0:26.2	Two NYPD sergeants were shot by a gangbanger who was on parole,
0:31.0	who was just out on the street just robbing people with this 45-caliber semi-automatic.
0:36.9	And luckily, this sergeantant you see in this picture
0:39.8	he was grazed in the leg according to reports and he was released from the hospital
0:45.0	and he was one of two sergeants that was shot by this robbery perp one bullet apparently hit both of them.
0:54.8	One officer was shot in the leg and the other in the groin
0:57.8	after they responded to a report of an armed robbery at a mahjong paula.
1:02.4	Both are in stable condition now.
1:05.5	According to the New York Times, a gunman shot two police sergeants
1:08.9	who were trying to arrest him minutes after an armed
1:11.1	robbery and a mahjong parlor on the Lower East Side in Manhattan on Thursday.
1:17.2	One officer was shot in the groin and the other was grazed by a bullet in the leg.
1:22.3	Joseph Kenney, the chief of detective, said at a news conference on Thursday at Bellevue Hospital
1:26.5	where the officers were
1:28.5	being treated for their wounds, both were in stable conditions, said Chief Kenny, who was joined
1:32.4	at the news conference by Mayor Eric Adams. The sergeant who was gray as was released yesterday.
1:40.0	The perpetrator's name is Joshua Dorset, age 22. He was taken into the custody.
1:46.2	What we know about him is that he is on parole.
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