A stabbing went down within the coronary heart of Mass and Cass, and Boston police say they rapidly arrested a suspect.
Police had been strolling within the space of Southampton and Atkinson streets at round 3:30 a.m. Tuesday when, in accordance with a police assertion, they noticed a bunch of individuals working from the world. At least one of many runners mentioned somebody had been stabbed and gave police an outline of the suspect.
Police discovered Uwadiae Ukponmwan, 30, of Boston, in entrance of the Boston Fire Department headquarters and allegedly discovered a knife hidden in his proper shoe. Ukponmwan was arrested and charged with assault and battery with a harmful weapon and is predicted to be arraigned in Roxbury District Court.
The stabbing sufferer was taken to an area hospital to be handled for accidents, which police say weren’t life threatening.
There have been 138 non-domestic aggravated assaults on this police district, C-06, from the start of this 12 months via Sunday, in accordance with the newest information obtainable from the Boston Regional Intelligence Center, or BRIC. That surpasses the five-year common of 127 for a similar reporting interval, however fewer than the 171 seen for the district for a similar interval final 12 months.
Across all of Boston, the non-domestic aggravated assault cost is the most typical violent crime with a complete of 1,195 prices up to now this 12 months, 240 incidents fewer than the identical interval final 12 months, which roughly matched the five-year common.
Rounding out city-wide violent crime:
There had been 28 homicides — plus two that had been decided to be homicides this 12 months that occurred in earlier years — which matches the entire for a similar interval final 12 months. Both figures present enchancment from the five-year common of 41.
There have been 631 situations of home aggravated assault up to now this 12 months, in comparison with 674 final 12 months and 680 for the five-year common via Sunday.
There have been 154 incidents of rape or tried rape up to now this 12 months, much like final 12 months’s 156 and 20-odd higher than the 177 seen within the five-year common.
This is a growing story.
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