A Northboro man who survived a machete attack is heartbroken and angry for the family of the Shrewsbury father who was shot and killed Thursday, saying the suspect should have never been on the streets.

The shocking wounds Nitish Sharma suffered in a 2022 machete attack have healed, but his heart is hurting hearing the same suspect who assaulted him, Snehal Srivastava, is now charged in the death of a Shrewsbury father, Kevin Doherty, 57.

"It broke my heart, I was crying last night hearing what happened in regards to this because that should have never happened had our legal system taken the proper protocols," said Sharma.

Nitish Sharma survived a machete attack in Westboro in 2022. CBS Boston

In 2022, Westboro police say Srivastava tried to run over Sharma with his car at a mov

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