One killed, two arrested in bus stop stab slaying

By Megan Woolhouse, Globe Staff

A man was fatally stabbed at a bus stop Friday afternoon, and police later arrested two suspects who allegedly fled by taking a city bus from the stop.

The stabbing victim was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, according to Boston police spokesman David Estrada.

The rush-hour incident drew a crowd of bystanders and caused traffic to back up for blocks at the intersection of Melnea Cass Boulevard and Washington Street.

Police said they began receiving calls from witnesses reporting a fight that led to a stabbing at the bus stop shortly before 4:30 p.m. A witness who saw the stabbing watched the suspects board Bus 1007 on the Silver Line and followed the bus in a car as he called police on his cellphone.

A patrol officer heard an alert from a dispatcher on his police radio and stopped the bus, leading to the arrest of a Hispanic couple in their 30s.

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