Cops: Woman shot after stabbing police officer

A police officer called to a North Philadelphia house yesterday afternoon, was stabbed in the hand and arm by a woman who then was shot and critically wounded by another officer, police said.

Officer Leon Campbell, 33, a six- year police veteran, was expected to be released from Temple University Hospital after treatment late last night, said police spokesman Lt. Frank Vanore.

The woman, who was not immediately identified, was in critical but stable condition at the same hospital, Vanore said.

Officers responding to a report of a domestic disturbance at a house on Montgomery Avenue near 25th Street about 4:45 p.m. had tried to stop the woman with a Taser but the device was "not effective," Vanore said.

He said the woman had broken into the house and assaulted family members.

When police tried to remove the woman from the house, she resisted and pulled the knife, lunging at Campbell.

She was shot by a backup officer whose name wasn't immediately released. Vanore said the woman's name would be released when charges were filed.

Her relatives were being interviewed last night by detectives, he said.