A Delaware County police officer shot on the job seven times earlier this summer has officially been cleared to return to duty, his police department said.
Folcroft Police Department tweeted Tuesday afternoon in news.
Officer Chris Dorman, 25, was shot in the neck, face, and shoulder after responding to a report of people smoking drugs in the rear of an apartment building on Elmwood Avenue near Folcroft Train Station back on June 24, 2016.
In his initial exchange with a police dispatcher, Dorman was heard shouting: "I'm shot in the face! I'm shot in the face!"
The alleged shooter, Donte Brooks Island, should have been behind bars at the time of the shooting, NBC10.com reported in June. He had stopped reporting to his parole officer, and his parole was actually scheduled to end the day after his shooting of Officer Dorman, according to court records. He also missed five scheduled drug tests. After his capture, Island was arraigned on attempted murder and other charges, and held on $1 million bail.
Dorman’s bulletproof vest stopped four bullets, which officials say ultimately saved his life. A bullet entered through the officer’s cheek and required surgery, but after just two months of recovery, Dorman is ready to hit the streets of Delaware County once again.
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During his recovery, Dorman was honored by the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park and received numerous get well wishes, Facebook posts, and tweets, including a phone call from country singer Kenny Chesney. The call was an apology from music star for mistakenly telling fans at a concert in Camden that Dorman had died.
Only a few days after being released from the hospital in June, Dorman told NBC10 that he was “ready to get back to work.”
Friday, he will do just that.
