Man arrested after deadly stabbing at Somerville laundromat
SOMERVILLE -- A 53-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a deadly stabbing at a Somerville laundromat. Police were called to the Main Street business around 7 p.m. on Monday.
Darien Burns, of Somerville, is accused of stabbing 33-year-old Joseph Muzzi, of Weymouth, the Middlesex District Attorney's Office said.
Muzzi was rushed to Massachusetts General Hospital where he later died.
Burns stayed at the scene and was arrested.
At his arraignment, prosecutors said that Burns's account of the stabbing did not match surveillance footage.
Burns allegedly told police that Muzzi followed him into a back closet, began choking Burns, and told him he would kill him.
Prosecutors said the pair went to the back closet together and argued for about five minutes. "As the argument goes on and gets more and more heated, this defendant gets more and more aggressive. He then attacks the victim," they said. Burns and Muzzi struggle and a knife is allegedly visible in Burns's hand.
According to the D.A., Burns was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury but more charges are possible.
He was held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing that was scheduled for next Thursday.
