By Erika Hernandez
May 26, 2024, 16:25 PM EDT
The authorities reported that four girls, ages 9 to 17, were injured after a suspect stabbed them in a seemingly random attack at a movie theater in Braintree, Massachusetts, on Saturday.
A man was detained after a vehicle chase that ended in Sandwich on Cape Cod, about 45 miles south of Braintree, the Braintree Police Department said in a statement.
The person’s identity was not available.
Braintree police described the attack at the AMC Braintree 10 theater complex as one that “appeared to be unprovoked.”
“He walked past the box office and entered one of the cinemas without paying. Inside that theater, she encountered four young women. Without saying anything and without warning, he suddenly attacked and stabbed the four young women.”says the police statement.
The girls were taken to Boston-area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.the police said.
The same suspect may have been behind similar acts of violence in Plymouth, less than 30 miles south of Braintree, according to authorities.
Police investigators reviewed security video and other evidence to zero in on a black pickup truck used by the suspect, Braintree police said. They also found a license plate number and passed it on to area authorities.
A pickup truck with that license plate number was involved in a Massachusetts State Police chase that ended in a crash, police said, and the suspect’s eventual arrest. It was unclear if that person suffered injuries in the crash.
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