A stabbing left a teenage boy fighting for his life.
And, according to Philadelphia Police, a teenage girl nearly pushed the knife into the boy's heart.
Philadelphia Police responded to the area of S 22nd and Moore Streets in the Point Breeze section of South Philadelphia around 8 p.m. Tuesday to find a 14-year-old boy suffering from a wound to his chest.
"Police transported him to Children's Hospital where he's presently in very critical condition," Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said a short time later.
Small said the knife touched the boy's heart. The unidentified teen underwent emergency heart surgery and it wasn't clear if the boy would survive, according to investigators.
The stabbing actually happened a short distance from where the boy was found. Police said they found blood a couple blocks away on the 2100 block of Watkins Street.
"After being stabbed we believe the boy walked to the 2100 block of S 22nd Street where he collapsed on the sidewalk," said Small.
Witnesses told police that a 15-year-old girl, who is known to the victim, stabbed the boy during an argument.
The girl was arrested about a half a mile away from the scene of the crime and remained in custody Wednesday morning, according to investigators.
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