They’re blood brothers now.

Two NYPD sergeants who were struck by the same bullet while responding to a robbery at a mahjong parlor in Manhattan were hailed as “the very best” by Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch at a promotions ceremony Friday.

Sergeants Christopher Leap, 35, and Carl Johnson, 44, were both raised in rank to special assignment sergeants — just over a year after they were shot by a known gang member . 6

“I say we’re blood brothers now,” Johnson, who said the two sergeants had never met before the Aug. 1, 2024 shooting, told The Post after the ceremony.

The duo responded separately to reports of a suspected gang member who had allegedly robbed several women inside the Lower East Side parlor and quickly got into a struggle with the suspect, cops said.

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