A rookie Philadelphia police officer was shot in the abdomen while responding to a fight near Overbrook High School on Wednesday afternoon.

At some point, Commissioner Bethel says an adult armed with a weapon gets involved in the school fight, and that's when one shot is fired.

A Philadelphia police officer was critically wounded Wednesday afternoon after he was shot in the stomach while attempting to break up a fight outside Overbrook High School, police said. Shortly after school dismissed around 2:30 p.