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Odds of finding guy who stabbed three men at South Boston Burger King not very good, police say
By adamg on Tue, 04/17/2018 - 11:03am
An investigation into a triple stabbing at the Burger King at 280 West Broadway on Feb 5 has reached a dead end because none of the victims - two of whom initially said they knew their stabber, with whom they'd started an argument - want to cooperate with police, Sgt. Det. Kenneth O'Brien told the Boston Licensing Board at a hearing today.
O'Brien said two of the victims were seated in the rear of the burger place around 7 p.m. that night when they spotted a guy they thought they had a beef with filling up a cup at the drink station. They went up to him, began to argue and then things got physical, with pushing and shoving, O'Brien continued.
The suspect pulled out a knife and sliced at them, getting one in the chest and the other in the left forearm, O'Brien said. A would-be good Samaritan tried to break up the fight, only to get stabbed in the lower back and left arm, he said, adding none of the injuries were life threatening.
The man, described as a younger white guy in a camo shirt and blue jeans, then fled, running down D Street, O'Brien said, adding that since the incident, all three victims have become "completely uncooperative." He said the man who intervened had told police he did not know any of the combatants.
The board decides what blame, if any, Burger King has for not preventing the fight and triple stabbing. O'Brien said the restaurant did not seem to do anything wrong, that the fight and stabbing happened very quickly.
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Well, there's your good guy
All he needs now is a gun. Dammit, I hate when that argument carries water.
Still no
Just no.
"All he needs now is a gun."
I dunno. Third man in on a hockey fight usually draws the largest penalty.
Who you gonna shoot? No defensive basis for it. If you have an LTC, you would know this ain't your fight unless it's a close family member or something.
Police get paid, police have a certain level of immunity.
Uncooperative 'good' samaritan?
Something doesn't add up here.
Either the Good Samaritan wasn't completely innocent here, OR they may be afraid to cooperate due to the possibility of witness intimidation
Third option
He's just tired of it and wants to move on. He told the police he didn't know any of the combatants. I've added that fact to the story, sorry for leaving it out.
OK but...
I wouldn't necessarily file that under "completely uncooperative".
OK, what?
"The board decides what blame, if any, Burger King has for not preventing the fight and triple stabbing. O'Brien said the restaurant did not seem to do anything wrong, that the fight and stabbing happened very quickly."
"A would-be good Samaritan tried to break up the fight, only to get stabbed in the lower back and left arm..."
Maybe the Board can ask the good Samaritan how it worked out for him. What the hell do they expect? Maybe the cashier can jump the counter wearing a cape?
It's the law
A violent incident happens in a licensed establishment and the police are required to write a citation. That is not a ticket - there's no fine attached - but it leads to a formal hearing where the licensing board decides whether or not the establishment could have done something different. In a lot of cases (such as this one, I suspect), the finding is "no violation." Maybe in your ideal world, nobody ever reviews violent incidents to see if they could have been stopped, but this isn't that world.
Looking for a trend
It seems like BK did nothing wrong this time. Fine. But if this same exact thing happened once a month, you'd start to feel like they need to do something to stop it from happening.
I know it's the law.
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"Maybe in your ideal world, nobody ever reviews violent incidents to see if they could have been stopped, but this isn't that world."
Not what I said, but it's your playground.
"Maybe the Board can ask the good Samaritan how it worked out for him. What the hell do they expect? Maybe the cashier can jump the counter wearing a cape?"
Basically, BK knife incident will cost them a bundle in legal rep fees. Plus, I wonder (just off the top of my head) if they charge a 'hearing fee' of some sort.
It cost them nothing
They didn't even show up for the hearing. And no, there's no hearing fee.
So 2 alleged victims ....
approach a younger guy they had a beef with and get stabbed..... Then an alleged 'innocent bystander' tries to break it up and gets stabbed as well? It almost sounds like one guy defends himself against 3 and runs away.....
Just sayin.