A 38-year-old man from Sicklerville was charged with attempted murder after officials said he stabbed a Camden County police officer on Sunday night.

A police officer is fighting for his life after he was stabbed in the neck in Camden, New Jersey, Sunday evening, according to investigators who say the attacked appeared to be unprovoked. Léelo en español aquí.

A Camden police officer was stabbed in the neck Sunday evening in an unprovoked attack at Broadway and Chestnut streets while talking to another person, a police spokesperson said.

An on-duty Camden County police officer was stabbed in the neck on Sunday night in a "senseless act," Police Chief Gabriel Rodriguez said.

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,

Camden County Police have identified the officer stabbed outside a grocery store as 23-year-old Joshua McKnight of Pine Hill. Officials say Officer McKnight is in critical condition.

A police officer is fighting for his life after he was stabbed in the neck in Camden, New Jersey, Sunday evening. Officials told NBC10 the Camden County officer was speaking with a person on Broadway and Chestnut Street shortly before 6 p.