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Brave NYPD Sergeants Promoted After Heroic Robbery Response

9/7/2025

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NYPD Sergeants Christopher Leap and Carl Johnson were promoted to special assignment sergeants after being shot during a robbery response.
The August 1, 2024 incident involved gang member Joshua Dorsett, who faces multiple charges.
Despite injuries from a struggle, both officers successfully apprehended the suspect.
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch commended their bravery at a ceremony with 151 officers present.
Johnson, with a bullet fragment in his leg, was off work for seven months; Leap returned to duty months later.

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Story summary

NYPD Sergeants Christopher Leap and Carl Johnson were promoted to special assignment sergeants after being shot during a robbery response.
The August 1, 2024 incident involved gang member Joshua Dorsett, who faces multiple charges.
Despite injuries from a struggle, both officers successfully apprehended the suspect.
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch commended their bravery at a ceremony with 151 officers present.
Johnson, with a bullet fragment in his leg, was off work for seven months; Leap returned to duty months later.