WORCESTER, MASS. (WHDH) - Worcester police arrested a 38-year-old man accused of attacking his neighbor with a knife in an apartment building Saturday morning.
“Upon arrival, officers discovered a male who suffered a laceration to his throat,” police said in a statement. “He stated that he had gotten into an argument with a neighbor who attacked him with a knife.” The incident took place on June Street.
Authorities said the victim was “alert and conscious” as he was transported to a local hospital for treatment. Witnesses said he was bleeding from the neck and running into an alleyway. According to a security video, he was alert and conscious and was seen climbing into an ambulance without any help.
“I pulled around the block, I was looking for a parking space, and I saw a man in the doorway of that building over there holding his neck, a pretty good slash coming down his neck, blood on a handkerchief or something like that,” said Andy Jimison, who works near the scene.
Officers located the suspect, Kenneth Benson, at his apartment, where he was arrested without incident. Prosecutors said he was holding both a machete and a small knife when he cut his neighbor’s throat.
Benson was charged with assault to murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. He was arraigned Monday and did not show his face in court. Benson was ordered held without bail.
“I felt unsafe. I don’t blame anyone else to be unsafe. I’m just trying to run a nice building here, and it is a nice building. Unfortunately, people, I don’t know what gets into them and they do things that they’re not supposed to do,” said Mohammad Djamshidi, the landlord of the apartment building.
He said he plans to evict both residents.
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