A Philadelphia police officer was shot outside of a hospital in Crescentville on Thursday afternoon, police said. The officer, whom police did not identify, was struck by a bullet outside Friends Hospital, on the 4600 block of Roosevelt Boulevard, shortly before 1 p.m., police said.

Authorities say 37-year-old Sawyer Felton was wielding an ax when he was shot and killed Wednesday by Pinehurst police officers at the scene of a house fire, according to officials.