Boston police found an 18-year-old man dead from a stab wound in an alleyway in Boston’s Roslindale neighborhood Monday evening, according to police.
Officers responded to 63 Bradeen St. for a report of a person stabbed just after 5:30 p.m., police said in a press release. There, they found a man with a life-threatening stab wound. Emergency services rushed him to a hospital, but he was soon declared dead.
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Boston Police Superintendent Felipe Colon told reporters Monday night that the victim was 18 years old and that officers found him in an alleyway. Police had not identified a suspect or found the murder weapon Monday night, but officers were in the process of canvassing the neighborhood for witnesses and gathering security video of the area.
No further information about the stabbing has been released, including the victim’s identity. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call homicide detectives at 617-343-4470 or contact police anonymously by calling 1-(800)-494-TIPS.
