Councilor's son stabbed hours after father's election

Hours after celebrating his father's victory in a hard-fought City Council race, a South Boston man was stabbed as he left a West Broadway restaurant early Wednesday.

Sean Linehan, 26, son of Bill Linehan, who was elected District 2 city councilor on Tuesday, told police he accidentally walked into a brawl on the sidewalk about 12:45 a.m. after dining at Teriyaki House restaurant, according to a police report on the incident obtained by the Globe.

Linehan was taken by ambulance to Boston Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.

Bill Linehan, who stayed by his son's hospital bed Wednesday, said in a phone interview that he was shocked and horrified by the stabbing.

"After a really great night, and a high point in my life, for this to occur pains us," Linehan said. "We are concerned for our son, Sean, and ask for prayers for our family."

Public safety was not a prominent part of Linehan's campaign platform, but with crime a lingering issue in the city he expressed outrage over the state of violence in Boston and pledged to help work to reduce criminal acts.

"This kind of senseless violence in our city has to stop," Linehan said in a statement. "We will not allow our streets to be plagued by violence."

"My thoughts and prayers go out to Sean and the Linehan family for a full recovery," said City Councilor at-large Michael F. Flaherty, who had his own run-in with crime when a stray bullet shattered his car window before a candidate forum in 2005.

"Random acts of violence like this have no place in Boston.”