Sources: Wounded Delaware County Officer "Up And In Good Spirits"
PHILADELPHIA (CBS/AP) — One day after being shot in the line of duty, a Delaware County police officer was up and moving around in his hospital room, sources told Eyewitness News.
Twenty-five-year-old Folcroft Officer Christopher Dorman was surrounded by friends and family Saturday at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and was said to be in good spirits.
Dorman sustained injuries that required at least two surgeries, officials said.
The suspect, identified as Donte Brooks Island, was in custody, police said.
Police chief Robert Ruskowski wondered aloud at a news conference how somebody "just hanging out, smoking grass at 10 o'clock in the morning ... is willing to take your life."
Island had served about nine years in federal prison on a gun conviction before his release in 2013. His parole officer requested an arrest warrant and revocation hearing in September after Island repeatedly tested positive for marijuana, which he said he used for stress, court records show. But the officer then had trouble finding Island at his listed Folcroft address, and there's no sign the hearing occurred.
Island was arrested at the same address, an apartment house near the railroad tracks, Friday afternoon after police who had surrounded the building for several hours entered the unit.
Island was being charged with two counts each of attempted murder and aggravated assault. Police said he exchanged gunfire with a second officer after shooting Dorman. His last known defense lawyer, a public defender who represented him in the 2003 gun case, did not immediately return a message after business hours Friday.
Dorman was shot in the face, leg and groin. His police vest deflected several more shots that could have been life-threatening, Ruskowski said.
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