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‘Multiple stabbings’ reported at shopping mall outside Boston ‘Multiple stabbings’ at Massachusetts shopping mall leave two dead
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Several people were stabbed at a shopping mall outside Boston on Tuesday evening, authorities said, in what police described as an “active scene.” Two people were killed in a stabbing rampage near Boston that took place at a residence and a shopping mall, according to reports.
The Taunton Police Department said on Twitter it was investigating “multiple stabbings” at the Silver City Galleria mall and on a nearby street. The suspect was also killed after being shot by an off-duty police officer at the mall. It's unclear if the two people killed were at the Silver City Galleria mall or the residence.
A mall security guard declined to disclose any information about the incident. Taunton Fire Department dispatcher Mike Marshall said reports started coming in around 6:37 pm local time, and that the department sent out “a lot” of ambulances.
A dispatcher with the Taunton police said the situation was ongoing, but contained. He declined to provide further information. Witnesses told local television station WHDH-TV that they saw people running out of the mall and heard gunfire. The station reported that people in the area, about 40 miles south of Boston, saw police officers with guns drawn and that the mall had been evacuated and put on lockdown.
Taunton is about 40 miles south of Boston. The motivation behind the attacks was unclear. Police said two people were stabbed at the mall after the assailant crashed a motor vehicle into the front of a store, Reuters reported. The other two stabbings appear to have been committed at a home a few miles from the mall.
Taunton Fire Department dispatcher Mike Marshall said reports started coming in around 6:37 p.m and that the department sent out “a lot” of ambulances. He added that preliminary reports indicated the suspected assailant had been shot, but he could not confirm the information. A representative of the mall, which has 125 stores, a 12-restaurant food court, restaurants and cinema, had not spoken at the time of publication.
Witnesses told local television station WHDH-TV that they saw people running out of the mall and heard gunfire. The station reported that people in the area saw police officers with guns drawn and that the mall had been evacuated and put on lockdown.
The Massachusetts State Police said it was assisting local police with the incident.
Reuters