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7th NYC cop shot this year leaves hospital hours after he’s hit by stray bullet off duty

Luckily, Officer Robert Manley is expected to make a full recovery

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NYPD officers and detectives investigate after an off duty cop was shot in the foot on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022.

Jeff Bachner/New York Daily News

By Rocco Parascandola
New York Daily News

NEW YORK — An off-duty NYPD officer struck in the foot outside a Harlem NYCHA development was released from the hospital early Sunday, just hours after he was wounded by the stray bullet, police said.

The cop — identified by police sources as Robert Manley, a 15-year veteran assigned to a public housing patrol unit in the Bronx — is the seventh NYPD officer shot this year.

Manley was leaving the Manhattanville Houses’ community center on Broadway near W. 130th St. when he came across two men armed with a gun about 4:30 p.m. Saturday, police said. The officer was at the community center for a memorial for a beloved community member.

One of the men opened fire, and Manley dived for cover, NYPD Housing Bureau Chief Jeffrey Maddrey said.

The shooter and accomplice, who police sources said were wearing ski masks, ran off and have not been caught. There was a dispute in the Manhattanville Houses’ community center two hours earlier and police believe the shooting is connected to that incident.

Manley at first didn’t realize he’d been shot. He was describing what he saw to officers responding to the scene when he started feeling pain in his left foot, Maddrey said.

An ambulance took Manley to Mount Sinai Morningside. He was released early Sunday, around midnight, cops said.

“I’d like to stress that a foot injury — any gunshot wound — is potentially life or limb threatening,” Eli Kleinman, the NYPD’s chief surgeon, said Saturday. “This bullet traversed critical vessels and nerves and tendons, but we expect him to make a full recovery.”

The seven NYPD officers hit by bullets this year include two who were fatally shot in Harlem Jan. 21. Officers Jason Rivera, 22, and Wilbert Mora, 27, who were shot as they responded to a domestic disturbance call.

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