BOSTON (WHDH) - Boston police said four people, including two children, were seriously injured early Tuesday morning in a shooting and stabbing incident in Mattapan.
Calvin Stokes, 46, of Mattapan, was arrested and arraigned in Dorchester District Court on multiple charges.
Upon arrival, officers located four victims suffering from serious, but non-life-threatening injuries: a 47-year-old woman, a 16-year-old girl, and a 4-year-old boy with gunshot wounds, and an 18-year-old woman suffering from a stab wound.
The incident happened just after 11 p.m. on Regis Road.
Court documents reveal a teenager next door heard the shots and went to see what was going on. The teen told police Stokes was trying to stab his wife with a kitchen knife, the teen then stepped in and suffered a cut to the hand.
Emergency crews took a woman out of the house on a stretcher and drove her by ambulance to a hospital. Police say Stokes had left the scene. They arrested him the next morning.
“Officers quickly gathered suspect information, including a vehicle description, and initiated a citywide search,” Boston police said in a statement. “At approximately 3:03 AM, B-3 Officers conducted a traffic stop at 144 Rowe Street in Roslindale, resulting in the arrest of [the suspect].”
He pleaded not guilty to armed career criminal, four counts of assault with intent to murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (knife), unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of a firearm (subsequent offense), unlawful possession of ammunition, and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling.
Before Stokes faced a judge on Tuesday, family members caused a scene outside the courtroom.
Stokes claims his work time card will show he wasn’t at the home at the time. The prosecutors say just days before that police were at the couple’s house and the wife told officers Stokes attacked her.
“That assault eventually escalated with her being tackled to the ground, officers were able to observe injuries to her ear. She also additionally expressed fear, he would return and harm her,” said prosecutor Danielle Taylor.
Stokes was ordered to be held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing next week.
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