The officer has since been released from the hospital, and officials credit his bulletproof vest with protecting him from a more serious injury.

A Philadelphia police officer was shot in the hand Tuesday night, police said. The officer was shot just before 9 p.m. near the intersection of North 23rd Street and West Indiana Avenue and was taken ...

A Philadelphia police officer was shot by a fleeing driver who later took his own life, authorities said. The incident began ...

A Philadelphia Highway Patrol officer was shot in the hand during a car pursuit. The suspect fled, crashed, and later died ...