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Knife-Wielding Man Arrested After Gun Discharges During Struggle at Boston’s Forest Hills Station

Investigators are examining how an officer’s gun fired during the struggle.

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Boston Transit Police officers and firefighters work around the Park Street T station, Wednesday, July 12, 2017, in Boston. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority said passengers had to be taken off trains that stopped moving due to a power problem at the Boylston Station led to the suspension of service Wednesday between Government Center and Arlington Station on the Green Line. (AP Photo/Bob Salsberg)
Police at the Forest Hills MBTA station investigate after officers struggled with a suspect who was wielding a butcher's knife.

Overview

  • Transit police responded around 11:15 a.m. to reports of a man brandishing a large butcher knife and trying to slash a bus’s tires at Forest Hills.
  • Officers confronted the suspect and, during a struggle, he reached for an officer’s firearm, which discharged once with no gunshot injuries reported.
  • Boston EMS said six people were transported to area hospitals, including two MBTA Transit Police officers with non-life-threatening injuries, one with a knee injury.
  • The station’s upper busway closed temporarily for police activity, while the lower busway and Orange Line service continued and regular bus operations resumed early afternoon.
  • The suspect was taken into custody and is expected to face charges, with a formal review underway; witnesses reported a single shot and an officer taken out on a stretcher.