Center City Philadelphia

Person stabbed at Center City SEPTA station

This is the 2nd violent incident near the 15th Street station in the past week

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Editor's Note: Officials initially said the stabbing occurred outside the SEPTA station. They later said that it occurred inside. Get the latest details, including the identity of the suspect, here.

Police taped off part of Dilworth Park, just outside Philadelphia City Hall, after a person was stabbed at a Center City SEPTA station.

The incident took place at the station on 15th and Market streets just before 5 a.m. Thursday, SEPTA spokesperson Kelly Greene told NBC10.

The person was hospitalized with undisclosed injuries, Philadelphia police said.

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A person was also detained Thursday morning as investigators continued to search for a weapon, police said.

Later during the day, around 3:30 p.m., a male suspect in the stabbing was taken into custody on 15th and Walnut streets after being spotted on surveillance video by SEPTA personnel, officials said. Investigators have not yet revealed if the person who was detained earlier will also be charged.

Several trolley lines bypassed the 15th Street Station after the stabbing, SEPTA said.

Trolley lines resumed around 6:25 a.m. "Passengers may experience residual delays while full operations are restored," SEPTA warned.

Police could be seen taking some evidence from outside the station. Then, just after 6 a.m., officers removed the tape and cleared the scene outside City Hall.

This is the latest violent incident to involve SEPTA property near City Hall. A teenage boy was shot at the 15th Street Station on the Market-Frankford Line just one week ago. He died days later and two teenagers were charged as adults in his death.

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