A Somerville man with a pending assault and battery case is accused of stabbing a 74-year-old man on an MBTA bus, in keeping with the Suffolk DA’s workplace.
Maalik Abdur-Rasheed, 47, has been charged with assault and battery with a harmful weapon (knife), and assault to homicide for the stabbing incident in Roxbury final week.
He has been discovered harmful, and is being held with out bail.
Abdur-Rasheed additionally has a pending case in Roxbury, through which he’s being charged with stabbing a stranger in 2023. His bail in that case has additionally been revoked.
At about 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 11, Boston law enforcement officials responded to 2000 Columbus Avenue for an individual stabbed on a bus. Upon arrival, cops noticed an MBTA Transit police officer rendering assist to a male, affected by a stab wound to the neck.
A witness supplied officers with a video that exhibits the sufferer, 74, in a bodily altercation with one other man, later recognized as Abdur-Rasheed. Within the video, a knife is noticed in Abdur-Rasheed’s proper hand, and he may be seen making a number of lunging motions towards the sufferer.
One other video exhibits the aftermath, with Abdur-Rasheed leaving the bus and the sufferer bleeding onto the ground of the bus.
The sufferer was transported to an area hospital for medical remedy.
Officers discovered Abdur-Rasheed, matching the outline and clothes depicted within the movies, about three blocks away within the space of Walnut Avenue, and arrested him with out incident.
“It’s horrible that the sufferer suffered this brutal assault and that passengers witnessed it, however I thank these witnesses who have been alert sufficient to seize the suspect on video, which helped police apprehend him so shortly,” Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden stated in a press release.
“Secure public transit is vitally vital to our metropolis and actions like this are insupportable,” Hayden added.
Abdur-Rasheed will seemingly face further fees because of the sufferer’s age. He’ll return to courtroom on Oct. 22 for a possible trigger listening to.
