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By adamg - 7/9/22 - 5:27 pm

Boston Police report that officers who responded to a loud-music call at 541 Norfolk Ave. in Mattapan Thursday night arrested a Dorchester 16-year-old they say had "a machete sheathed in a black nylon case" down one pants leg. Read more.

By adamg - 7/2/22 - 8:59 pm
Stabbing suspect on the ground

Suspect on the ground. Photo by Live Boston.

Live Boston reports (with some graphic images) a man was stabbed numerous times on the Common along Tremont Street across from Avery Street around 3 p.m. Read more.

By adamg - 6/28/22 - 8:49 am

Boston Police report arresting a Quincy man on charges he slashed another man in the neck with a "bladed weapon" before stealing and then riding away on that man's scooter on Roxbury Street in Nubian Square Sunday afternoon. Read more.

By adamg - 6/24/22 - 10:06 pm
Cavan Cafe crime scene

Crime scene. Photo by Live Boston.

Live Boston reports two people were stabbed outside the Cavan Cafe, 1406 Hyde Park Ave. around 11:45 p.m. on Thursday. Both victims were expected to survive.

By adamg - 6/20/22 - 2:20 pm

Around 1:45 a.m. at 35 Norton St., Live Boston reports.

By adamg - 6/20/22 - 9:19 am

Boston Police report a man was stabbed at 35 Colorado St. around 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Boston murders in 2022.

By adamg - 6/18/22 - 10:53 pm
Crime scene

Crime scene. Photo by Live Boston.

Live Boston reports a fight involving several people at New Chardon and Bowker streets ended shortly after 10 p.m. on Friday with one man stabbed in the head with either an ice pick or a screwdriver.

One man was arrested and charged with the stabbing.

By adamg - 6/14/22 - 11:16 am
Seized at suspects house

More than just a knife.

Boston Police report arresting a Cummins Highway resident for a stabbing on Firth Road in Roslindale around 6 p.m. on June 8.

By adamg - 5/31/22 - 11:33 am
Beauford Street crime scene

Crime scene. Photo by Live Boston.

Victim identified as Earnest Sims, 39.

Boston Police report a man was fatally stabbed at 4 Beauford Lane, off Dacia Street in Dorchester, shortly before 9 p.m. on Monday. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Boston murders in 2022.

By adamg - 5/26/22 - 4:10 pm

A man in his car on Northampton Street outside Boston Medical Center was robbed Tuesday afternoon by two men who jumped into his car - with one of them removing his key while the other put him in a chokehold, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.

By adamg - 5/23/22 - 5:40 pm

Update: One teen arrested, more arrests likely.

WFXT reports the two men were surrounded near the Shawmut station bike rack around noon and asked for money and when they refused, one teen pulled a knife and then the group punched the men in the heads. Unclear if they then got money.

By adamg - 5/21/22 - 4:54 pm

Boston Police report arresting a 15-year-old in Downtown Crossing yesterday afternoon after the kid allegedly tried to end a fight between his crew and another group first by shaking up a can of soda and opening it up on them, throwing the can at them and then whipping out a folding knife and unfolding it in their direction. Read more

By adamg - 5/19/22 - 1:54 pm

Boston Police report arresting Christopher Howard, 39, on charges he fatally stabbed Terkeshia Boykins on Rosewood Street in Mattapan on May 10.

Police say Howard, a Boston resident, was nabbed Tuesday in Jacksonville, FL.

Innocent, etc.

By adamg - 5/14/22 - 5:08 pm
Wanted women

Boston Police have released photos of women wanted for a double stabbing at Stuart and Warrenton streets around 2:20 a.m. on April 20.

If you recognize any of the women, you can contact detectives at 617-343-4248, or the anonymous tip line by calling 800-494-TIPS or by texting TIP to CRIME (27463).

By adamg - 5/14/22 - 9:35 am
Crime scene

Crime scene. Photo by Live Boston.

Live Boston reports an incident outside 22 Glendale St. in Dorchester around 2:40 a.m. ended with one police officer stabbed and a man in his 40s fatally shot. Read more.

By adamg - 5/11/22 - 9:46 am

Victim identified as Terkeshia Boykins, 40.

Boston Police report a woman was stabbed on Rosewood Street around 9:40 p.m. on Tuesday. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Boston murders in 2022.

By adamg - 5/6/22 - 10:37 pm
Suspect being put in cruiser

Suspect being put in cruiser. Photo by Live Boston.

Live Boston reports an employee at Kings on Seaport Boulevard slashed somebody in the neck around 8:30 p.m. and that police found and arrested him about a half hour later. The victim is expected to survive. Read more.

By adamg - 4/20/22 - 9:07 am

Update: Suspect photos released.

Two people were stabbed at Warrenton and Stuart streets around 2:20 a.m., Stanley Staco reports. Both victims were taken away in critical condition.

The stabbings came just hours after a community meeting on violence in Chinatown.

By adamg - 4/15/22 - 9:14 am
Wanted for knife assault

Transit Police have released photos of a guy they say reacted to another man talking too loudly on the Orange Line by pulling out a knife and demanding he shut up, around 7:30 p.m. on March 25. Read more

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