Man who stabbed woman in Philadelphia domestic assault shot and killed

Ryan Dickinson
3200 block of West Montgomery Avenue in Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, PA – A woman who was stabbed in the arm by a man during a domestic dispute inside a home in the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood shot and killed her attacker, police reported Sunday.

Police responded to a home in the 3200 block of West Montgomery Avenue at around 4 pm to find a woman with a stab wound to her arm and a man suffering from a single gunshot wound to the chest.

Investigators determined the two were engaged in an argument that turned violent when the man pulled a knife, stabbing the woman in the arm. In retaliation, the woman shot the man in the chest.

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The 40-year-old man was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly after his arrival.


The female victim was also taken to the hospital for treatment and is in stable condition. No charges have been filed in the incident. Police did not disclose the relationship between the man and the woman.


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