SEPTA transit police shoot stabbing suspect outside City Hall

SEPTA transit police shot a person outside City Hall who was a suspect in a stabbing of a woman nearby Monday night in Center City, authorities said.

Shortly after 8 p.m., at least one transit police officer shot the suspect at the southeast corner of City Hall across the street from the District Attorney’s Office, authorities said.

Both the stabbing victim and the suspect were transported to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. The woman was listed in stable condition with a stab wound to her neck, police said.

The suspect was reported to be in surgery and a condition was not immediately available.

The stabbing initially was believed to have occurred at or near the Broad Street Line station at Walnut Street.

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