A man was shot by police in Dorchester’s Fields Corner on Monday night after he allegedly stabbed a man multiple times and then allegedly turned the knife on officers when they attempted to break up what authorities are calling a “very violent attack.”

Officers were patrolling when they witnessed the two men fighting around 11:30 p.m. near 208 Adams St., according to The Boston Globe. Then the suspect, 48, allegedly began stabbing the 32-year-old victim, according to WBZ.

“One officer physically tried to separate the knife-wielding suspect from further stabbing the victim,” Gross said in a press conference, WBZ reported. “It was a very violent attack. As a matter of fact, the victim was stabbed in the neck and twice in the back and, again, that officer tried to physically intervene and remove that suspect from the victim. That was to no avail.”


That was when the suspect began attempting to stab the officer, and the officer’s partner used his service weapon to shoot the suspect in the thigh, according to the news station.

A tourniquet was used on the suspect, and both he and the stabbing victim were taken to a nearby hospital. Both were listed in stable condition, according to Boston 25 News.

Both officers were uninjured, and a knife was found at the scene, Gross said, as reported by Boston 25. Police are seeking surveillance footage of the area and is asking anyone who may have some to contact them.