Suspect in custody after 4 girls stabbed at AMC theater in Braintree – Boston News, Weather, Sports

BRAINTREE, MASS. (WHDH) – Four juveniles were rushed to the hospital and a suspect was taken into custody after a stabbing at the AMC Braintree movie theater Saturday, police said.

Police say an investigation determined that around 6 p.m., a man entered the theater on Grandview Avenue, walked past the box office and entered one of the theaters without paying.

Inside the theater, he allegedly encountered four young women and suddenly attacked them without provocation before running out of the theater and leaving in a vehicle, police said.

The girls, aged 9 to 17, were treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

After determining the license plate of the vehicle that fled the scene, it was pursued by state police before crashing in Sandwich. The driver was taken into custody. He was allegedly involved in a similar assault in Plymouth and police say it appears the crimes are linked.

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