A 62-year-old man was flown to a Rhode Island hospital on Tuesday with what police described as life-threatening injuries after he was stabbed multiple times at a residence in Centerville, one of Barnstable’s seven villages, according to police.
Barnstable police received multiple 911 calls around 3:50 p.m. Tuesday reporting the stabbing. When police arrived, they identified a 24-year-old man, who is known to the wounded man, as the suspect, according to a statement posted to the department’s Facebook page. The 24-year-old, whose name was not released, is being charged with armed assault to murder, assault and battery on a person over 60, and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon on a person over 60.
The 24-year-old man is being held without bail ahead of his arraignment on Wednesday in Barnstable District Court, police said.
The 62-year-old man was flown by medical helicopter to a Rhode Island hospital with life-threatening injuries, according to police.
The stabbing was “not random” and remains under investigation by Barnstable and State Police, according to the statement.
Police said the names of the two men involved were being withheld under an exemption of the state’s public records law, which governs the “confidentiality of reports of rape, sexual assault and domestic violence; access by victim and certain individuals in performance of their duties,” according to the statement and the legislature’s website.
