Man stabbed at party at university chancellor's house, police say
STOUGHTON, Mass. -- A man was stabbed during an early morning house party at the home of a Massachusetts university chancellor while he was out of town, police said.
The stabbing happened early Sunday morning at the Stoughton home of University of Massachusetts Boston chancellor J. Keith Motley.
The 20-year-old unidentified victim was taken to a Boston hospital. His condition was not immediately available.
“I have learned about an incident that occurred at my residence last night and am very concerned about it as well as the health of the young man who was injured,” Motley said in a statement. “I was traveling and not home at the time, but I am returning as quickly as possible so that I can fully understand what happened and respond accordingly. I will have more to say at that time,” he said.
Police are asking anyone who attended the party or who has any information about the stabbing to contact them.
Stoughton residents are shocked by the news, CBS Boston reports.
“There’s never been any break-ins. There’s not been any violence around here.”
One man who knows the neighborhood and family is surprised.
“They’ve lived for some quite some time. Never has there been anything like this. That’s the shocking part is that they seem to be very very good citizens…very good people,” Michael Ientile told WBZ.
Police have not revealed the circumstances surrounding the stabbing or said whether they have any suspects. On Sunday, they urged anyone who attended the house party or has information about what happened to contact investigators.
Motley is the eighth chancellor of UMass Boston, a public research university in the city. He was appointed chancellor in 2007, and is a father to three children, according to his biography on the university’s website.