McKnight, who joined the force two years ago, was hospitalized in critical but stable condition. A suspect, 38-year-old Richard Dennis of Sicklerville, was arrested minutes later after fleeing toward South 7th Street and Kaighns Avenue,

An on-duty Camden County police officer was stabbed in the neck on Sunday night in a "senseless act," Police Chief Gabriel Rodriguez said. The stabbing happened outside of Duran Grocery at the intersection of Broadway and Chestnut Street in Camden just before 6 p.

Shortly before 6 p.m., the officer, whom authorities did not identify, was conducting a business check in the area of Broadway and Chestnut Street when, without provocation, Richard Dennis, of Sicklerville, stabbed him in the neck, the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office said.