Early morning stabbing outside Theater District pizza place sends man to hospital in critical condition

Police investigate stabbing; little yellow cone marks the location.

Courtney Sacco reports a man, 23, was stabbed around 12:30 this morning outside New York Pizza, 224 Tremont St. Workers at the pizza place, spotting "blood squirting up the left side of his chest," grabbed towels and tried to slow the bleeding, according to a police report.

Sacco reports the man was taken to Tufts Medical Center with what initially appeared to be a fatal stab wound. Police are looking for three possible suspects, one a black male in his early 20s who fled in a black car.

Photo copyright Courtney Sacco. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.