A person has been arrested for allegedly stabbing 4 ladies in an AMC movie show south of Boston Saturday, authorities mentioned.
Police mentioned the person entered the Braintree multiplex round 6 PM and not using a ticket, went right into a theater, after which unprovoked.attacked the ladies, ages 9 to 17. The women have been hospitalized with non-life-threatening accidents, police mentioned.
CBS Boston stories that the identical suspect could also be accountable for the same incident later at a McDonald’s restaurant in close by Plymouth.
“It’s so heartbreaking that’s what I’ll be excited about the remainder of the evening is seeing these youngsters coming down the steps and simply crying. They regarded actually surprised like they only noticed a horror film, not a child’s film,” mentioned Matteo Rojas to the Related Press, who was on the theater on the time of the stabbing.
An AMC worker who was working the snack counter on the time of the assault described the suspect as carrying “an outsized trench coat, sun shades, and an extended blonde wig.”
The suspect fled the scene in a black SUV, however police have been in a position to acquire his license plate quantity utilizing video footage.
CBS Boston stories that the second doable assault could have occurred round 7 p.m. at a McDonald’s restaurant, the place a 21-year-old girl and a 29-year-old male have been allegedly stabbed. Each victims suffered non-life-threatening accidents and are being handled at a close-by hospital. Police mentioned it seems the “crimes are associated.”
“Preliminary investigation suggests a possible connection to an earlier incident at a film theatre in Braintree leading to non-life threatening accidents to 4 juveniles,” Massachusetts State Police mentioned.
Massachusetts State Police have been concerned in a automotive chase with the suspect earlier than he crashed within the city of Sandwich, which is situated south of Plymouth. He was taken into custody and is being handled at a close-by hospital.
The suspect’s title and the fees he faces weren’t instantly launched.
Related Press contributed to this report.