Contractor shoots woman during eviction in Philadelphia, police say

Update: Officials have suspended evictions in Philadelphia due to the recent shootings involving landlord-tenant officers and contractors. New details HERE.

A woman is recovering after she was shot by a contractor during an eviction in Philadelphia Tuesday afternoon, police said. 

The incident occurred at 4:07 p.m. inside a home along the 2200 block of East Auburn Street, according to investigators. Investigators said the court-appointed contractor shot the 33-year-old woman once in the right leg during an eviction. The woman was taken to the hospital in stable condition, police said.

While the contractor was taken into custody at the time of the shooting, the person was not charged and has since been released, police said.

The Landlord and Tenant Office of the Municipal Court of Philadelphia said their deputy officer was attacked while attempting to evict a tenant.

The tenant allowed the officer and the landlord representatives into their home and "without warning" physically assaulted the property manager, the LTO said in a statement NBC10's Brian Sheehan received.

The tenant then proceeded to threaten the LTO officer with a knife, according to the office. The LTO said the officer demanded several times that the tenant drop the knife and cease the assault before discharging his weapon and hitting the tenant in her leg.

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"The Landlord and Tenant Office of the Municipal Court of Philadelphia supports the Court’s initiative to suspend court-ordered evictions pending retraining of eviction officers in the use of force and de-escalation procedures," the LTO office said in its statement.

Police recovered a gun, according to investigators, and the investigation is ongoing. 

Earlier in the year, a landlord-tenant officer shot a woman in the head during an eviction process in Philadelphia’s Fairmount neighborhood, investigators said. 

This story is developing. Check back for updates.