BOSTON — Boston Police have made an arrest in a deadly stabbing that happened inside a local barbershop Tuesday evening.
Police were called to the La Familia Barbershop on Hyde Park Avenue around 5:45 p.m. Tuesday after an argument turned into a deadly stabbing.
A witness who claims to know the victim and his wife told Boston 25 News that the victim was the first one to become physical during the argument - allegedly hitting the suspect with some kind of object outside of the shop. The suspect then reportedly chased the man into the barbershop and stabbed him multiple times.
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“I feel really, really bad for her, I can put myself in that situation," said the witness. "I don’t know what I’d do if my husband got stabbed. For everybody, I know it’s hard."
The victim, a man in his 40s whose identity has not been released, died after being rushed to Brigham and Women's Hospital.
UPDATE: #BPD Homicide Detectives have made an arrest in connection to fatal stabbing earlier this evening in area of 1205 Hyde Park Ave in Hyde Park. #BPD's Office of Media Relations will update this incident as more information becomes available. pic.twitter.com/iDWqgxf3xd
— Boston Police Dept. (@bostonpolice) May 30, 2018
"It doesn't appear to be a random act, the parties appear to be known to each other," said Boston Police Superintendent William Gross.
Police say the suspect fled the scene, but was later arrested. BPD homicide detectives have identified the suspect as 28-year-old Rudy Jean-Baptiste of Roslindale.
He will be charged with murder in West Roxbury District Court.
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