Rush-hour double stabbing at Orange Line station

UPDATE: Teen arrested for the stabbings on March 11.

Two stabbed at Roxbury Crossing around 5:30 p.m.

Location

Stabbing
1400 Tremont St.
Roxbury
United States
42° 19' 53.4468" N, 71° 5' 42.7488" W
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Submitted by adamg on Thu, 03/06/2008 - 7:39pm.

Surprised I beat Ron Newman to this, but...

One victim was stabbed on the train platform; the other was stabbed in the station's parking lot.

Roxbury Crossing doesn't have a parking lot. The station entrance is right on the street.

eeka not logged in (not verified) | Thu, 03/06/2008 - 7:46pm

I was offline

at the Berkman Center's weekly blogging meetup. But I don't see any reference to a parking lot in the story that Adam linked to.

Ron Newman | Thu, 03/06/2008 - 11:33pm

They updated the story and

They updated the story and removed the parking-lot reference.

adamg | Thu, 03/06/2008 - 11:36pm

The parking lot is behind

The parking lot is behind the station and is for transit cops and t workers

Anonymous (not verified) | Fri, 03/07/2008 - 11:10am

It's pretty bad when you

It's pretty bad when you hear the automated "Trains will not be stopping at Roxbury Crossing" at the first thing that comes to your mind is "Oh, someone probably got stabbed."

I passed by the station on my way home and the trashcans were wide open, one cop was pacing the platform but it was otherwise empty.

Arborway | Thu, 03/06/2008 - 7:56pm

Two teens in the station

The Suffolk County DA's office says both teens, 16 and 18, were stabbed on the outbound side around 5:30 p.m. Both are expected to survive.

adamg | Thu, 03/06/2008 - 10:08pm

Meanwhile, in Newton ...

Newton North students ejected from convertible: The two students were sitting ON TOP of the rear seat when the car fishtailed this morning.

adamg | Thu, 03/06/2008 - 11:01pm

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