A police officer was injured on Saturday afternoon while attending to a medical situation with a woman who barricaded herself in a residence in the Levittown neighborhood of Toa Baja. The police reported that the incident involved a mental health patient who threw a knife at a negotiator officer through a window.
The officer was treated for a minor injury to the chin. The woman had been barricaded in the residence, and the officer was attempting to negotiate with her when the incident occurred.