Police are investigating“multiple stabbings” that left three people dead, including the suspect who was later shot by an off-duty police officer just after 7 p.m. in a Taunton, Massachusetts mall. The attacks took place at both the Silver City Galleria mall as well as a home on nearby Myricks Street Tuesday night.
The suspect apparently crashed a car into a storefront at the mall before attacking two people inside, according to an advisory from the Massachusetts State Police.Two others were stabbed inside of a home on Myricks Street before the mall attacks.
Another shot of car that smashed into Macy’s at the Galleria Mall in #Taunton #WBZ pic.twitter.com/yRcJYJWX3L
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“There is no continuing threat to the public,” police said in a statement.
The suspect’s motivation remains under investigaiton, but police said they were not aware of any connection to terrorism.
Some witnesses took photos and videos at the scene.
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amost just got shot omg pic.twitter.com/JsXW0u1a19
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Law enforcement sources told WHDH that the suspect crashed a stolen car into a Macy’s storefront then went to the Bertucci’s at the mall, where he stabbed a waitress and customer. Fox 25 spoke to this neighbor, who said her son saw the commotion on Myricks Street:
Witnesses on Myricks st say #Taunton suspect stabbed a mother & daughter @fox25news pic.twitter.com/PKybd6SbHF
— Malini Basu (@WFXTMalini) May 11, 2016
