LYNN, MASS. (WHDH) - Lynn police are investigating a stabbing that claimed the life of a 36-year-old man on Monday afternoon, officials said.
Emergency crews responding to the area of 114 Union St. found the man suffering from apparent stab wounds to the chest, according to Carrie Kimball, a spokeswoman for the Essex County District Attorney’s Office.
The man, who is believed to have been homeless, was later pronounced dead at Salem Hospital.
His name has not been released.
“There was a screaming at first I heard and when I came outside there was somebody lying on the floor,” Joel Sanchez, who lives nearby, said.
Sanchez and his neighbors said they ran downstairs when they heard the commotion and could not believe someone had been stabbed. Especially with so many people around.
“There is a church right here. You know what I mean? We make music right here. There is a studio right here, there is a club right there. There is a whole bunch of bodegas and stores over here,” Sanchez said. “This is like the most common area too, Union Street Exit Street and all that. This is just crazy that it had to happen in broad daylight on a busy street.”
No arrests have been made. However, plenty of people say they witnessed the event and know the victim.
Additional information was not immediately available.
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