Two teenagers charged in deadly early night stabbing at Lynn comfort retailer

Crime

“My coronary heart breaks for the household of the sufferer we misplaced tonight and for our group at this mindless act of violence.”

A young person is being charged with homicide in reference to a comfort retailer stabbing that claimed the lifetime of one other teen in Lynn Tuesday, officers mentioned.

The sufferer was stabbed on the Alpha Comfort Retailer in Freeman Sq. at about 6 p.m., based on the Essex District Lawyer’s Workplace. They had been rushed to Salem Hospital, the place they died from their wounds, the DA’s workplace mentioned in a press launch. 

Authorities are withholding the identify of the teenager who died till household and mates are notified, based on the discharge. 

Two different youngsters have been arrested in reference to the stabbing. One can be charged with homicide and arraigned as an grownup in Lynn District Courtroom, whereas the opposite, a juvenile, is being charged with possession of a harmful weapon, the DA’s workplace mentioned. Neither had been recognized within the press launch. 

The comfort retailer proprietor, Maksedur Khan, informed WCVB {that a} battle broke out amongst a gaggle of teenagers contained in the store. One of many teenagers was stabbed within the stomach through the battle, he mentioned.

“They know one another,” Khan informed WCVB. “They simply got here after which they began punching one another.”

Lynn police detectives and Massachusetts State Police troopers assigned to the DA’s workplace are investigating the incident, officers mentioned. 

“My coronary heart breaks for the household of the sufferer we misplaced tonight and for our group at this mindless act of violence,” Lynn Mayor Jared Nicholson mentioned in an announcement Tuesday. He expressed assist for the sufferer’s household and group members who had been impacted. 

“Our college students beginning a brand new faculty 12 months in a number of weeks ought to know that their security is of major concern to all of us,” Nicholson mentioned. “I be a part of the whole Metropolis in mourning the lack of this younger particular person and in our resolve in opposition to all types of violence.”