Authorities are investigating a stabbing in Stoneham early Sunday morning that let two people hospitalized with serious injuries, officials said.
Officers responding to a reported stabbing in the area of Spring Street in Wakefield around 1 a.m. determined the incident began in Stoneham, according to Stoneham Police Chief James O’Connor.
The driver, an 18-year-old man, was found suffering from serious, non-life-threatening injuries. The passenger, also an 18-year-old man, suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
A preliminary investigation suggests the vehicle they were in was stopped at an intersection in Stoneham when an individual wearing a dark hoodie and a mask approached the driver and passenger and was armed with a knife.
At this time investigators do not believe that there is any