PROBLEM. IT HAS BEEN WHILE WE ARE FRUSTRATED. PENNY GADD IS OWNER OF LAMBERT’S MARKETPLACE, LOCATED ALONG THE COMMON. HE SAYS CRIME AT THE CORNER OF PARK AND TREMONT IS OUT OF CONTROL. WHEN YOU DO THE ACTION. WE NEED CLEAN UP FOR THE SAFETY, NOT ONLY FOR US IN HERE, FOR THE PEOPLE COMING UP AS THE VISITORS, FOR THE IMAGES WITH THE CITY STEPS FROM HIS STORE LAST NIGHT, A BURST OF VIOLENCE. FOUR PEOPLE WERE INJURED, TWO OF THEM STABBED. THE INJURIES NOT LIFE THREATENING. THE INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED OVER THERE WAS WAS THE RESULT OF A ROAD RAGE ON THE STREET, AND SOME PEOPLE TRIED TO INTERVENE AND IT ESCALATED AND SPILLED OVER INTO YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL STABBING THERE. IT’S THE SECOND ACT OF VIOLENCE THIS WEEK IN THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT NEAR THE THE BREWER FOUNTAIN, A MAN WAS SHOT. THE ALLEGED GUNMAN IS NOW IN CUSTODY. THAT CORNER OF THE COMMON POPULAR WITH TOURISTS STARTING THE FREEDOM TRAIL, ALTERCATIONS, VIOLENCE, ASSAULTS. CITY COUNCILOR ED FLYNN ORGANIZED A MEETING THIS AFTERNOON WITH RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS LEADERS NEED A STRONGER POLICE PRESENCE AND ENFORCEMENT TO DETER ANY CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. RESIDENTS ECHOED THAT CALL, BUT ALSO HOPE THE CITY WILL ADD MORE POSITIVE ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA. LIKE OTHER PARTS OF THE COMMON. I THINK FROM A RESIDENTIAL PERSPECTIVE, WHAT WE YOU KNOW, WE’VE BEEN HEARING FROM OUR, UM, OUR FOLKS HERE IN DOWNTOWN IS WE DO NEED TO SEE MORE ACTIVITY ON ON THE EDGES OF THE COMMON. AS FOR THE INCIDENT LAST NIGHT, NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE. COMMISSIONER COX IS ASKING ANYONE W
A group of people who were trying to intervene in an apparent road rage incident were stabbed and beaten on Boston Common late Thursday night, police said.The victims said they were walking across Park Street near Tremont Street just before midnight when they saw two groups of people involved in a road rage incident and intervened.The two groups attacked the victims as they tried to stop the incident, police said.Two people suffered stab wounds, one victim suffered a broken wrist, and the fourth victim was punched in the face, police said.No arrests have been made.Hani Gad, owner of Lambert’s Marketplace, located near the Common, said crime at the corner of Park and Tremont is out of control.”We need clean up for the safety, not only for us here, but for the people coming as visitors,” Gad said. Earlier this week, a man was shot in the Boston Common. Dana Loder, 30, of Lynnfield, was charged in connection with the shooting.
A group of people who were trying to intervene in an apparent road rage incident were stabbed and beaten on Boston Common late Thursday night, police said.
The victims said they were walking across Park Street near Tremont Street just before midnight when they saw two groups of people involved in a road rage incident and intervened.
The two groups attacked the victims as they tried to stop the incident, police said.
Two people suffered stab wounds, one victim suffered a broken wrist, and the fourth victim was punched in the face, police said.
No arrests have been made.
Hani Gad, owner of Lambert’s Marketplace, located near the Common, said crime at the corner of Park and Tremont is out of control.
“We need clean up for the safety, not only for us here, but for the people coming as visitors,” Gad said.
Earlier this week, a man was shot in the Boston Common. Dana Loder, 30, of Lynnfield, was charged in connection with the shooting.
