Police: SEPTA officer suffers minor injuries after assault in West Philadelphia

Philadelphia police assisted and were able to help capture the woman.
Thursday, May 19, 2022
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A SEPTA police officer is recovering after being assaulted Thursday morning at an El station stop in West Philadelphia.

Police were called around 11:30 a.m. to the area of 52nd and Market streets for two women fighting at a SEPTA stop.
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Officials say once officers arrived, that fight had settled down.

Responding officers say they then noticed a woman who tried to evade the fare for the train.

As an officer approached the woman, authorities say she began assaulting the SEPTA officer and ran off.
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Philadelphia police assisted and were able to help capture the woman.

The SEPTA officer suffered minor injuries.

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