Woman stabbed man breaking into her West Philadelphia home: police

PHILADELPHIA - A man is in custody after police say he broke into a woman's apartment in West Philadelphia before getting stabbed.

What we know:

Police responded to reports of a person with a weapon on the 800 block of North 44th Street just before 5:30 a.m. Thursday.

They arrived to find a 45-year-old man stabbed in the back.

He was placed in police custody after being taken to a local hospital in stable condition.

The backstory:

Police say the man forced his way into the apartment, breaking the door's dead bolt.

That's when a 24-year-old woman stabbed him in what is being deemed a domestic incident by authorities.

What we don't know:

The relationship between the man and woman is still unknown, and charges have yet to be announced.