Police officer shoots knife-wielding man in North Philly home, officials say

A Philadelphia police officer shot and injured a man who was wielding a knife in a North Philadelphia home early Wednesday morning, police said.

The shooting happened just before 3 a.m. on the 1800 block of North Bailey Street, just off Montgomery Avenue, the Philadelphia Police Department said in a news release.

The release said the officer, assigned to the 22nd District, was one of two who responded to a 911 call for a person screaming in a home on that block. The uniformed officers arrived at the home and heard a woman’s voice yelling before knocking on the door…

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