An enormous police presence descended on the Forest Hills MBTA Station in Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood on Friday.
MBTA Transit Police Superintendent Richard Sullivan stated T police obtained a report round 11:15 a.m. of an armed man who was threatening folks with a big butcher knife and trying to stab the tires on a bus. He stated officers who had been already on scene instantly responded and located the armed suspect, and a wrestle ensued.
During the wrestle, the suspect grabbed for the officer’s weapon, Sullivan stated. As they continued to wrestle, the officer’s weapon discharged. No one was struck, and an investigation will try to find out how the gun discharged.
The grownup male suspect is now in custody, however one officer injured his knee in the wrestle and a second suffered minor accidents. Both had been taken to the hospital and are anticipated to be OK.
“This was a violent person armed with a butcher knife that was threatening someone to stab them and was trying to stab tires on a bus,” Sullivan stated.
The suspect’s identify and the costs he’ll face haven’t been launched. He just isn’t anticipated to seem in court docket till subsequent week.
Aerial video confirmed a number of cops and MBTA employees standing exterior on the highway. Over a dozen police autos and two ambulances had been on the scene and yellow police tape had cordoned off a big space exterior the station.
The T stated the Forest Hills Upper Busway was briefly closed because of police exercise. Riders had been suggested to board all buses on the decrease busway. Orange Line service was not impacted, the T stated.
Boston EMS stated six folks had been transported from the scene by ambulance. Sullivan wasn’t instantly in a position to say why the opposite 4 folks apart from the 2 injured officers had been hospitalized.
No additional particulars had been instantly obtainable.
