Officer stabbed in the face while responding to domestic incident in Worcester

An officer is recovering from stab wounds he suffered responding to a domestic incident Sunday morning.Worcester police said officers responded to a Grand Street apartment at 4 a.m. for a report of a domestic threatening and a violation of a restraining order.Police found a 23-year-old woman who told them her ex-boyfriend, a 30-year-old man from Worcester, was verbally threatening her on the phone. The woman told police she had an active restraining order against the man as he continually called her, threatening to harm her and her family.While the woman spoke to an officer in the apartment building lobby, her ex-boyfriend showed up at the scene, police said. When the officer told the man he was under arrest for violating a restraining order, the man resisted and began reaching toward his pocket.A second officer entered the lobby to assist in the arrest, but during the struggle, police said the man took a steak knife and stabbed one of the officers in the face.Police said officers continued to fight with the suspect, and eventually subdued the man using a TThe officer who was stabbed was taken to a hospital and required stitches to close his wound.The man is facing multiple charges, including assault and battery on a police officer, attempted murder and mayhem. Get the WCVB News App

An officer is recovering from stab wounds he suffered responding to a domestic incident Sunday morning.

Worcester police said officers responded to a Grand Street apartment at 4 a.m. for a report of a domestic threatening and a violation of a restraining order.




Police found a 23-year-old woman who told them her ex-boyfriend, a 30-year-old man from Worcester, was verbally threatening her on the phone. The woman told police she had an active restraining order against the man as he continually called her, threatening to harm her and her family.

While the woman spoke to an officer in the apartment building lobby, her ex-boyfriend showed up at the scene, police said. When the officer told the man he was under arrest for violating a restraining order, the man resisted and began reaching toward his pocket.



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A second officer entered the lobby to assist in the arrest, but during the struggle, police said the man took a steak knife and stabbed one of the officers in the face.



Police said officers continued to fight with the suspect, and eventually subdued the man using a T



The officer who was stabbed was taken to a hospital and required stitches to close his wound.



The man is facing multiple charges, including assault and battery on a police officer, attempted murder and mayhem.