TN Officer Stabbed Trying to Detain Mentally Ill Suspect

A Memphis police officer is recovering from a stab wound that he sustained Tuesday evening while trying to detain a man who has a mental illness, police said.The officer was brought to a hospital in critical condition but was later said to be in stable condition.Police Director Michael Rallings and Mayor Jim Strickland briefed reporters outside Regional One Hospital shortly after 10 p.m. Rallings said the 39-year-old officer was stabbed in the upper torso but is doing relatively well.Police said