Phila. police shoot knife-wielding man

Investigators are trying to identify a man who was shot and critically wounded by police when he lunged at an officer with knife in Philadelphia's Fishtown section.

After being shot, the man had to be stunned with a Taser to be controlled, police said.

According to police, the man ripped out a lamppost at a home on the 200 block of East Wildey Street about 11:40 p.m. Sunday and charged into the house, where he menaced residents with the knife and wrecked property inside.

When police arrived, the man was outside of the house, armed with the knife.

Police ordered the man to drop the knife but he lunged at an officer with the weapon, authorities said. Another officer fired twice, hitting the man in the chest.

The man was taken to Hahnemann University Hospital, where he was reported in critical but stable condition.

The officer who fired the gun will be placed on modified assignment while Internal Affairs investigates the shooting, which is standard procedure.