A San Diego police officer was attacked Saturday afternoon, and residents of the City Heights neighborhood rushed to her aid -- the second time bystanders have come to the assistance of a police officer in that neighborhood in a week.
Officer Kelly Doherty was attacked as she was trying to question a suspect on a bicycle a little after noon Saturday. Two men ran to help her when they saw the suspect punching her. She and the two men suffered knife wounds before the suspect, Michael Gonzalez, was subdued.
Doherty was taken to the hospital, but her wounds were not considered life-threatening.
Gonzalez will be charged with three counts of attempted murder, police said.
A week ago residents rushed to aid Officer Jeremy Henwood after an assailant shot him with a shotgun. He died hours later of his wounds.
Police credit one of the citizens with providing a description of the assailant's car.
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