Overview
- Officers answering a 911 call at 212 Hemenway Street on Saturday found the caller inside his apartment near Northeastern after he reported four armed people outside.
- Boston EMS and a mental-health clinician engaged the man for about 35 to 45 minutes and judged he needed immediate care for a mental health crisis.
- When the door opened, the man swung a sword, stabbing an officer in the arm and knocking the clinician to the floor.
- Police fired a Taser and their guns, EMS gave aid on scene, and the man later died at a hospital where his identity has not been released.
- Several officers and two EMS clinicians were hospitalized with mostly non-life-threatening injuries, and officials said the incident is not linked to recent nearby stabbings as they continue the investigation.