Medics airlifted a woman to the hospital Sunday after she stabbed herself in the stomach in South Jersey.
Police responded to reports of a woman trying to stab a dog in the Villas Section of Lower Township, Cape May County around 1:30 p.m. Sunday and found 48-year-old Roni Hamann with a black-handled knife with an approximately 6-inch long blade near the intersection of Bayshore Road and Carolina Avenue.
The officers ordered Hamann, of the 100 block of Evergreen Avenue, to drop the weapon, but the woman immediately wrapped both her hands around the knife and stabbed herself in the stomach, authorities said.
The officers began treating Hamann's self-inflicted wound as medics rushed to the scene, officials said.
The rescuers transported her to the Cape May County Airport, where she was flow to the Altantic City Medical Center for her injuries, which were not life threatening, police said.
Hamann is facing weapons and trespassing charges for her actions.
