"eyewitness news" reporter jan carrabeo live from jefferson university hospital where that officer was taken. >> reporter: here's the scenario. we have a philly cop on regular patrol he seize a man and a woman fighting of course, he gets out, he tries to help, tries to diffuse the situation. instead he cut and here at jeff son hospital. fortunately his wounds are not that severe but it's a situation that certainly could have turned out whole lot worse. tempers flared friday night along the 700 block of lombard street in philadelphia. a police officer routinel routiy driving along notices a fight between a man and his girl forty seven that. girlfriend police say is wielding a knife. as the officer gets out of his cruiser an items to enter 15, there's a struggle and police say the woman cuts the officer. >> any time we respond to an incident of a domestic incident or just on patrol, you never know what's going to happen. >> reporter: that officer injured was still able to apprehend the man and the woman. >> these officers are trained to respond to whatever situation they may have coming