Philadelphia Police Officer Shoots Man Armed With Box Cutter In Olney

Kimberly Davis reports.

A POWERFUL STATEMENT PAINTEDTONIGHT IN FISHTOWN.A MESSAGE PEOPLE HOPE RESONATES.GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, I'MJESSICA KARTALIJA.WE'LL GET TO THAT STORY IN JUSTA MOMENT, BUT FIRST A MAN ISHOSPITALIZED TONIGHT SHOT BY APOLICE OFFICER AFTER HE CHARGEDAT HER WITH A BOX CUTTER.CHOPPER THREE OVER THE SCENE INOLNEY NEAR THE AREA OF SIXTHSTREET AND SOMERVILLE AVENUE.KIMBERLY DAVIS IS LIVE AT POLICEHEADQUARTERS WITH WHAT WE KNOWABOUT THE OFFICER AND THE MANSHE SHOT.KIMBERLY.JESS, WE KNOW THAT OFFICERUNDERSTAND INVESTIGATION THISEVENING HAS BEEN WITH THEPHILADELPHIA POLICE DEPARTMENTFOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.WE'RE TOLD SHE DID SUSTAIN SOMESCRAPES AND BRUISES DURING THATCONFRONTATION AND WE'RE TOLD THEOFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING UNITAND INTERNAL AFFAIRS ARE BOTHINVOLVED IN THIS INVESTIGATION.THE CALL CAME OUT JUST BEFORE4:00 TUESDAY AFTERNOON.PHILADELPHIA POLICE SAY THEYWERE RESPONDING TO A PERSON WITHA WEAPON.OFFICER ARRIVED, PHILADELPHIAFIRE DEPARTMENT MEDICS WEREALREADY ON LOCATION.Reporter: POLICE TELL US THE25 YEAR OLD OFFICER ARRIVED TOTHE 5400 BLOCK OF NORTH SIXTHSTREET.AND WHEN SHE WALKED ONTO THEPROPERTY, A MAN BEGAN TO CHARGEAT THE OFFICER WITH WHAT POLICEBELIEVE WAS A BOX CUTTER IN HISHAND.WE'RE TOLD THE MAN GOT BEHINDTHE OFFICER AND PLACED HISAROUND AROUND HER THROAT.POLICE SAY BOTH THE OFFICER ANDSUSPECT FELL TO THE GROUND, BUTSHE WAS ABLE TO GRAB HER GUN ANDSHOOT THE SUSPECT ONCE IN THEUPPER LEFT LEG.THE 22 YEAR OLD MAN WAS RUSHEDTO EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER INSTABLE CONDITION.SOME NEARBY RESIDENTS WHO DIDNOT WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED SAYTHEY SAW THE SHOOTING UNFOLD.HE WAS ON THE GROUND AND SHESHOT HIM.IT'S A BUNCH OF [BLEEP].WE ARE TIRED.WE AIN'T TAKING IT NO MORE.SHE DIDN'T TAUS HIM, SHEDIDN'T MACE HIM.SHE SHOT HIM IN THE LEG.STAFF INSPECTOR KINEBREW DIDACKNOWLEDGE THAT HE REALIZESTENSIONS ARE HIGH WITHIN THECOMMUNITY, AND HE UNDERSTANDSTHEIR FRUSTRATIONS.WE'RE TOLD THAT OFFICER WASPLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE DUTYWHICH IS STANDARD PROTOCOL.WE'RE LIVE OUTSIDE OF POLICE