WORCESTER, MASS. (WHDH) - Good Samaritans tackled a New Hampshire man caught stabbing his ex-girlfriend, who later died, at a restaurant in Worcester Wednesday night, police said.
Officers responding to a reported altercation inside O’Connor’s Restaurant on Boylston Street just before 8 p.m. found a 31-year-old woman suffering from stab wounds.
The suspected stabber, 28-year-old Carlos Asencio, of Derry, New Hampshire, had been pinned to the ground by several patrons, according to police.
The badly wounded victim was transported to a local hospital as officers reportedly struggled to place Asencio in handcuffs.
The woman was later pronounced dead.
One of the good Samaritans sustained a non-life-threatening stab wound during the struggle, police said.
The good Samaritan’s father, Allan Corson, said his son quickly reacted when he heard the woman scream.
“We just started hearing a scream and screaming from a lady,” Corson said. “Sort of, ‘Help me help me,’ and my son jumped up and he ran out with a couple other gentlemen and he was the first one to make the tackle.”
Asencio faces multiple charges, including murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, armed assault with intent to murder, disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace, resisting arrest, along with charges relating to an outstanding warrant that officials later confirmed was related to an incident in Ayer involving the same victim.
The stabbing remains under investigation.
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