Knife-Wielding Man at Boston MBTA Station Sends Two Transit Officers to Hospital

Knife-Wielding Man at Boston MBTA Station Sends Two Transit Officers to Hospital

A knife-wielding man attacked multiple people at an MBTA Station in Boston on Friday, according to reports. 


Boston25 News writes, “Two Transit police officers were taken to the hospital following a struggle with a 'very violent' suspect who was armed with a butcher knife and hurling threats at an MBTA station in Boston late Friday morning, authorities said.”

 

“Officers responding to reports of a knife-wielding man who was threatening people and trying to deflate bus tires at the upper busway at Forest Hills station in the city’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood encountered the suspect, and a struggle ensued, according to Transit Police Superintendent Richard Sullivan,” Boston25 continued. 

 

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There are conflicting reports as to the number of people hospitalized.  Some Boston media reports a total of six people hospitalized.

 

The suspect was taken into custody.