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Police shoot man allegedly armed with box cutter in Olney

The shooting occurred around 4 p.m. in the 5400 block of North Sixth Street.

Police are on the scene along the 5400 block of North Sixth Street June 9, 2020, after a police officer shot a man allegedly armed with a box cutter. Police said the officer shot the man once in the leg and was taken by a medic unit to Einstein Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition.
Police are on the scene along the 5400 block of North Sixth Street June 9, 2020, after a police officer shot a man allegedly armed with a box cutter. Police said the officer shot the man once in the leg and was taken by a medic unit to Einstein Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition.Read moreTOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer
    by Robert Moran
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A police officer shot a man allegedly armed with a box cutter Tuesday afternoon in Philadelphia’s Olney section, police said.

Around 4 p.m., the officer shot the man once in the leg in the 5400 block of North Sixth Street. A medic unit took the man to Einstein Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition.

Police said they recovered the box cutter.

This is a developing story.