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Police release video of suspect, vehicle connected to road rage stabbing
Authorities are still searching for the suspect, who left the scene in a blue Chrysler PT Cruiser.
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Police release video of suspect, vehicle connected to Cambridge road rage stabbing
Updated: 10:15 PM EDT Sep 27, 2021
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. —
The Cambridge Police Department has released surveillance video in the hopes of identifying and finding the suspect connected to an apparent road rage stabbing.
Cambridge police said they responded to a reported stabbing outside of the Best Buy at the CambridgeSide shopping mall on CambridgeSide Place at about 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
The victim, a 34-year-old man, was taken to an area hospital with a stab wound to his stomach. Police said the victim was conscious and alert before he was transported to the hospital.
On Monday, Cambridge police said the victim had undergone surgery to treat his non-life-threatening injuries.
The victim told police that an unknown man started to honk at him from behind Saturday night. The man then got out of his vehicle and approached the victim. The victim then got out of his vehicle and an argument ensued, which led to a physical altercation.
According to police, the victim stated that he attempted to defend himself from the attack and recalled the suspect punching him in the face, as well as stabbing him once to the right side of his stomach.
The suspect is described as a thin, Black man in his 20s with a beard who appears to have several tattoos on his left arm and possibly on his neck.
According to police, the suspect left the scene in a blue Chrysler PT Cruiser with a sunroof and an unknown license plate.
Cambridge police shared surveillance video Monday night that depicts the suspect's initial altercation with the victim, as well as the PT Cruiser driving away after the stabbing.