Suspect among 3 dead after stabbings at Massachusetts home, mall
TAUNTON, Mass. -- Two people were stabbed to death and several others were hurt Tuesday when a man went on a rampage at at home and a nearby shopping mall near Boston before being shot an killed by an off-duty sheriff's deputy, authorities said.
CBS Boston station WBZ reported the Bristol County District Attorney's Office said 28-year-old Arthur Darosa crashed a car outside a home in Taunton, walked inside and stabbed an 80-year-old woman and another woman. The 80-year-old was taken to a hospital, where she later died. The other woman was being treated for life-threatening injuries.
Authorities said Darosa then drove to the Silver City Galleria mall and crashed a car through the front of a Macy's store.
"We saw the car just like dove right in," a woman told wbz. "It honestly happened like the fastest thing."
Darosa assaulted multiple people inside the store before walking to a restaurant in the mall and stabbing four people, including a 56-year-old man who later died, authorities said.
One of the victims who was attacked at the mall was a pregnant woman, a witness told WBZ.
An off-duty Plymouth County sheriff's deputy fatally shot Darosa. According to Massachusetts State Police, there was no further threat to the public.
"The suspect's motive remains under investigation but at this point we are aware of no nexus to terrorism," State Police said.
"Tragedy certainly hit the city of Taunton hard here this evening," Mayor Thomas Hoye said. "Certainly our heartfelt prayers go out to all of the victims of this senseless tragedy. I'd like to thank the off-duty sheriff for if it wasn't for his heroic actions there could have been more loss of life."
Taunton is about 40 miles south of Boston.