A 27-year-old man has been arrested for a double stabbing in Reading, Massachusetts, overnight.
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A 27-year-old man has been arrested for a double stabbing in Reading, Massachusetts, after an hourslong search overnight.
The man was caught by police around 3 a.m. after fleeing from a residence on Bond Street.
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The incident happened just after midnight. Police got the call and immediately requested help from the nearby North Reading, Wilmington and Woburn police departments.
"A heavy active duty search going on -- K9s, state police, local towns and a drone unit," Reading Police Chief David Clark said. "An officer who was searching the area located him... recognized him from his description and took him into custody."
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Two people have been hospitalized, and police said they are expected to survive.
At this time, police are not releasing much information or what role the 27-year-old man played in it -- only that he was connected and allegedly armed with a razor blade and/or a box cutter. His name has not been released but he is expected to be arraigned sometime Tuesday morning.
No further details have been released.
