Crime & Safety

UPDATE: Reports of a Stabbing Near Stony Brook

Reports a person has been stabbed following a knife fight in the area.

UPDATE, Monday, 4:15 p.m. — State Police say the knife attacker failed to cut his victim. For more, please see this follow-up story.

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Following initial reports of a stabbing in the Stony Brook area, Boston Police say they received a call about a person with a knife in the area. The call came in just before 4:20 p.m. Sunday afternoon. 

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According to reports, two men are now in custody. A foot search is on for a possible third suspect.

The area near Stony Brook is full of people today celebrating , which honors Boston's ties to the Dominican city of Baní. That isn't to say the festival and the stabbing are connected, merely that both events took place in the same area.

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