Crime & Safety
Stabbing In Copley Square: Boston Police Investigating
Thursday evening a homeless man collapsed on a bench in Copley with serious stab wounds to his neck.
BACK BAY, MA — Police are investigating after a homeless man was stabbed in the neck during a fight in Copley Square Thursday evening.
The stabbing happened around 7:25 p.m. near the intersection of Boylston and Dartmouth streets and the man made his way across Boylston to a bench, police told reporters Thursday night.
The man who was stabbed was taken to hospital with serious injuries but was expected to survive, police said. A relative of the man, told WCVB his neck was slashed.
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Copley Station closed down for a bit as police investigated the area Thursday evening.
A photo of the bench on Dartmouth Street facing the Public Library showed the area covered in what appeared to be blood.
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Breaking: @bostonpolice on scene of Stabbing near Copley Square.. crime tape up near Dartmouth St. too #WCVB pic.twitter.com/V07hwToiJR
— Mary Saladna (@MaryWCVB) July 27, 2018
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