Thursday, 4:30 PM
Police search for 3 suspects in T stabbings
(MBTA)
By Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff
Transit officials this afternoon released images taken from surveillance video of two men and a woman wanted in connection with stabbings inside the Park Street MBTA station.
Two young men were stabbed at 11:45 p.m. on the southbound platform of the Red Line, near the bottom of stairs that lead up to the Green Line, according to Joe Pesaturo, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. The victims were taken to Massachusetts General Hospital with what were described as non-life-threatening injuries, Pesaturo said.
The first suspect is described as a white male who is 5 feet 10 inches to 5 feet 11 inches tall. He left a red and white hat at the scene that was recovered by transit police. He was wearing a red zippered sweatshirt over a red T-shirt with white lettering, blue jeans, and white sneakers.
The second suspect is a white male who is 5 feet 7 inches to 5 feet 8 inches tall. He was wearing a white hooded sweatshirt and a white baseball cap.
The third suspect is a white female with dark hair. She was wearing a green T-shirt, blue jeans, and was carrying a blue purse.
Anyone with information about the suspects is asked to call Detective Brian Harer at 617-222-1069, or the Transit Police Criminal Investigations Unit at 617-222-1050.
The victims were described as a 19-year-old from Rockland, and a 20-year-old from Abington. Witnesses told transit police that before the stabbing there was a confrontation between the two victims and two men and a woman.
"Some words were exchanged," Pesaturo said.
One of the men received what Pesaturo described as a very minor stab wound. The second victim suffered a more serious injury, but it was not life-threatening, he said. Both men were in stable condition this afternoon.
Investigators found two knives at the scene -- one at the bottom of the stairs and one in the pit, near the subway tracks.
