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Stabbed Camden officer still in critical condition

A 14-year Camden police officer who was stabbed in the chest Saturday while trying to break up a fight remains in critical condition at Cooper University Hospital, authorities said. Richard Harris, 46, was assigned to work a traffic post with another officer at Broadway and Mickle Boulevard, as concertgoers left the Susquehanna Bank Center, when a fight broke out between two groups at the intersection around 10:15 p.m., authorities said. Ronald Belcher, 28, of Camden, is charged with attempted murder and weapons offenses. - Darran Simon

A 14-year Camden police officer who was stabbed in the chest Saturday while trying to break up a fight remains in critical condition at Cooper University Hospital, authorities said. Richard Harris, 46, was assigned to work a traffic post with another officer at Broadway and Mickle Boulevard, as concertgoers left the Susquehanna Bank Center, when a fight broke out between two groups at the intersection around 10:15 p.m., authorities said. Ronald Belcher, 28, of Camden, is charged with attempted murder and weapons offenses.

- Darran Simon