The cop who was shot multiple times while pursuing a fare-beater in Brooklyn on Tuesday left the hospital today. According to the Post, police officer James Li "looked tired but alert and remained expressionless as he was taken to a Chevrolet Impala driven by a plain-clothes officer. On his lap was a foot-tall teddy bear that looked even worse — with a bandage on his head, leg, arm and forehead."

The violent incident erupted after Li and his partner Randy Chow saw two males enter a B46 bus through the rear door. The officers took the suspects off the bus, and that's when one of them, Rashaun Robinson, fled on Empire Boulevard near Utica Avenue. The NYPD and witnesses say that Robinson fired at the police numerous times, prompting Li and Chow to fire back. Li was struck in the groin, leg and thigh.

Robinson was eventually found in a nearby building with a 45 caliber Smith and Wesson. Robinson allegedly told detectives that he wanted to kill a cop, "Cops are the biggest gang and I carry a gun for my own protection. I fired in self-defense." Robinson, who is apparently dodging an arrest warrant for drugs in Pennsylvania, has been hit with charges like two counts of attempted aggravated murder, two counts of attempted murder, assault on a police officer with a deadly weapon and criminal possession of a weapon.

MTA spokesman Kevin Ortiz told NBC New York that "there have been 41 assaults on the B46 line, which goes from Bed-Stuy to Flatlands, since Jan. 1, an average of nearly one per day. That makes the line 'far and away the most dangerous in the city,' Ortiz said."

Two off-duty FDNY EMTs, Khadijah Hall and Shaun Alexander, happened to be where the shooting took place and they jumped into action by treating Li. Hall said, "Immediately, I got out of my car, left it running, my door open, my purse, got my tech bag first aid kit] out of the trunk and went to the aid of the officer that went down about 15 feet away from us. We just went over and start helping. Got his clothes off, got a dressing, apply pressure."

And Alexander said, "When we got there he was all concerned that he was shot all over. I checked, said, ‘No, you’re OK, you’re gonna be all right.’ Just reassure him, keep telling him that."