A woman was stabbed on Boston's Charles River Esplanade Friday afternoon, Massachusetts State Police said.Police said the victim, identified as a 23-year-old woman from Allston, was jogging by herself when she was attacked on a stone footbridge spanning the lagoon between the Esplanade and a small island along the edge of the Charles River. State troopers said the suspect in the stabbing, 37-year-old Luis Olivo, was taken into custody a short distance away from the scene after a foot pursuit.According to police, Olivo rushed the victim, stabbed her in the head with a pair of scissors, tackled her to the ground on the bridge and struck her.Police said she suffered a laceration to her head, as well as additional head and body injuries.The victim was transported to Massachusetts General Hospital with what are believed to be non-life-threatening injuries. State police said Saturday she has been released from the hospital.Police said Olivo was taken into custody after a foot pursuit and a struggle, during which a trooper was forced to discharge his electronic control weapon to subdue the suspect and end the violent threat the man was posing to responding officers and other people in the area.At the time of the arrest, police recovered the scissors believed to have been used in the stabbing.Olivo remains in custody on $100,040 cash bail at the State Police Boston Barracks. He is not expected to post bail and will be transported Monday for arraignment at Boston Municipal Court.Investigators said it did not appear the victim knew the suspect.

A woman was stabbed on Boston's Charles River Esplanade Friday afternoon, Massachusetts State Police said.



Police said the victim, identified as a 23-year-old woman from Allston, was jogging by herself when she was attacked on a stone footbridge spanning the lagoon between the Esplanade and a small island along the edge of the Charles River.


State troopers said the suspect in the stabbing, 37-year-old Luis Olivo, was taken into custody a short distance away from the scene after a foot pursuit.



According to police, Olivo rushed the victim, stabbed her in the head with a pair of scissors, tackled her to the ground on the bridge and struck her.

Police said she suffered a laceration to her head, as well as additional head and body injuries.

The victim was transported to Massachusetts General Hospital with what are believed to be non-life-threatening injuries. State police said Saturday she has been released from the hospital.

Police said Olivo was taken into custody after a foot pursuit and a struggle, during which a trooper was forced to discharge his electronic control weapon to subdue the suspect and end the violent threat the man was posing to responding officers and other people in the area.



At the time of the arrest, police recovered the scissors believed to have been used in the stabbing.



Olivo remains in custody on $100,040 cash bail at the State Police Boston Barracks. He is not expected to post bail and will be transported Monday for arraignment at Boston Municipal Court.

Investigators said it did not appear the victim knew the suspect.

