police say the shooter is dante brooks island known as abdu abdul wahi who just served 15 years behind bars. >> we also learned the defendant is a career criminal, a drug dealer. >> reporter: police say dorman saw island selling drugs behind an apartment building at 10:00 in the morning. dorman shot in the confrontation. swat and fbi moved to get the shooter forcing neighbors from their homes. they left with three other people in custody. island is the only one charged at this time. i want to say island will be charged aarraigned tonight. police are investigating the weapon believed to be used in the shooting. brendon hudson, nbc 10 news. >>> officer dorman was flown to penn presbyterian medical center, went into surgery there, and nbc 10 has been outside the hospital all afternoon. what's the latest on his condition right now? >> reporter: he's critical, but he's stable after having a second surgery. the police chief says it was a dream job for officer dorman to be a police officer and he's been volunteering in service since he was 16 years old. >> no lengths he won't go to to protect