A police officer was shot in the hand Tuesday night in North Philadelphia and the alleged shooter was dead, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. Shortly before 9 p.m., an officer reported that shots were fired in the area of 23rd Street and Indiana Avenue, police said.

An officer is recovering in the hospital after being shot in North Philadelphia on Tuesday, according to officials. Police told NBC10 that the officer was shot near 23rd Street and Indiana Avenue and was taken to Temple University Hospital.

An investigation is underway after a police officer was shot in North Philadelphia. It happened just before 9 p.m. Tuesday at North 23rd Street and West Indiana Avenue. Action News has learned the officer was shot once in the hand and once in the ballistic vest.

There was another party with us and they unsafely fired in the wrong direction and shot me in the face," she wrote in the caption of her post. Romano said her husband "immediately sprung into action,

Even Stevens' and 'Special Forces' star Christy Carlson Romano reveals she was 'shot in the eye' after taking her husband to shoot clay pigeons for his birthday, and she says a fragment is still lodged behind her eye.

Former Disney Channel actress Christy Carlson Romano says she was shot in the face during a birthday event for her husband on Friday. Romano, best known for starring in “Even Stevens” and voicing the title character of “Kim Possible,