One dead in double stabbing on MBTA bus

One dead in double stabbing on MBTA bus
By Colneth Smiley Jr., Jessica Fargen and Marie Szaniszlo  |   Tuesday, November 2, 2010  |  http://www.bostonherald.com  |  Local Coverage

Police investigate a double stabbing on an MBTA bus in front of the Trotter Elementary School in Dorchester at 135 Humboldt Ave. this morning.
Photo by Mark Garfinkel

A man was stabbed to death and another injured following a fight this morning on an MBTA bus in Roxbury that prompted the lockdown of a nearby elementary school, according to Boston and MBTA police.

The man, who is in his 20s, was killed in the double stabbing at about 9 a.m. on a Route 44 bus traveling on Humboldt Avenue, said Joseph O’Connor, deputy chief at the MBTA transit police department. Another man, also in his 20s, suffered minor injures, police said.

Both victims are known to police, he said.

Boston Police Superintendent William Evans said police are searching for four suspects who were seen fleeing the bus. Police said they will review surveillance camera footage from the area.

The incident occurred near the William Trotter Elementary School at 135 Humboldt Ave. The school was in lockdown for at least an hour, said Boston Public Schools spokesman Matt Wilder.

The driver of a Route 44 MBTA bus reported the fight, said MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo.

The bus was parked in front of the school this morning as investigators gathered evidence. A red gym bag and a piece of bloodied cloth could be seen in the street near the bus.

A portion of Humboldt Avenue was blocked off and police officers were stationed in front of the school.

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