Delaware County police opened fire after a man pulled a knife on officers during a medical call, sources with knowledge of the investigation told NBC10.
Police opened fire after Sharon Hill officers responded to a home on Barker Avenue, near Marshall Road, in Sharon Hill around 7 p.m., said county dispatchers.
Sharon Hill Police officers went to the home to check on a 22-year-old man's health, said sources. When they arrived, the man pulled a knife and slashed the face of one of the officers and got into a scuffle with the second officer, sources said.
At some point a detective or detectives opened fire, said sources.
The man was struck in the chest and transported to a hospital where his condition wasn’t known, said dispatchers.
Doctors at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital treated both officers then released both, said sources.
Other details about the shooting weren’t immediately clear.
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Montgomery County detectives helped Delco investigators in the search for clues, said sources.
