CHELSEA, MASS. (WHDH) - An investigation is underway after a 36-year-old man was stabbed inside Mary O’Malley State Park Monday.

The victim, who is believed to be homeless, was stabbed in the neck and the eye just before 5 p.m., according to Chelsea Police Captain Keith Houghton and Chief Brian Kyes.

He was transported to Massachusetts General Hospital, where he remains in stable condition, state police said.

Luis Ramirez said he knows the victim and he was on his way to the park when the stabbing occurred. Once he saw his friend’s wounds, he called 911.

“I came up and he was on the ground suffering from some stab wounds,” Ramirez said.

Several potential witnesses have been interviewed, state police said.

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