LOWELL, Mass. — An 18-year-old Lowell man was killed in a stabbing Monday night, authorities said.
Lowell Police responded to a reported stabbing in the area of Lawrence Drive near the University of Massachusetts Lowell campus at approximately 7 p.m., Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said in a statement.
The victim was taken to Lowell General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The victim was not a student at UMass Lowell.
"This is an active investigation," Ryan said. There was no word on arrests or any suspects.
The death was the city's first homicide of the year.
Anyone with information is urged to call Lowell Police.
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