BOSTON (WHDH) - A 16-year-old girl will be arraigned on a murder charge Monday in connection with a double stabbing in Jamaica Plain on Saturday that left a 21-year-old woman dead a teen girl hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, police said.
Officers responding to a call for a person stabbed at 5 Woodside Ave. around 5 p.m. learned that two victims had run into the District 13 police station on Washington Street, according to Boston police.
The victims were taken to separate Boston hospitals.
A 21-year-old woman was later pronounced dead from multiple stab wounds. Her name has not been released.
The other victim, a 17-year-old girl, is expected to survive.
Immediately after the incident, officers apprehended a juvenile girl in the area of Glen Road and transported her to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. She was later arrested on a charge of delinquency to wit: murder.
Anyone with information about the incident is urged to call Boston Police Homicide Detectives at (617) 343-4470. Community members wishing to assist in this investigation anonymously can do so by calling the CrimeStoppers Tip Line at 1 (800) 494-TIPS or by texting the word ‘TIP’ to CRIME (27463).
No additional information was immediately available.
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