Woman charged with assault after pepper spraying 2 Philadelphia police officers

The woman was taken into custody and faces assault on police charges.

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Sunday, October 1, 2023
Woman charged with assault on police after pepper spraying 2 officers
Woman charged with assault on police after pepper spraying 2 officers

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Two Philadelphia police officers were pepper-sprayed in the city's West Kensington neighborhood on Sunday.

Police responded to the intersection of North 2nd and West Somerset streets for a disturbance and a large fight just after 1:30 a.m.

That's when police say a woman pepper-sprayed both officers.

She was taken into custody and faces assault on police charges.

There is no word yet on the conditions of the officers.