14-year-old accused of stabbing other teen in East Boston

A 14-year-old was held without bail after allegedly stabbing a teenage girl near East Boston High School last month, prosecutors said. Another alleged attacker “will be arraigned at a later date.”

The 14-year-old, of East Boston, is charged with assault to murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and assault and battery. The judge ordered them held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing Monday in Chelsea Juvenile Court, Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden said.

The 14-year-old facing charges was not identified due to their age. The alleged victim told police that she knew both attackers and that one of them stabbed her. Both juveniles were also identified through cellphone and surveillance videos, the DA said.

Boston police responded to a report of a stabbing around 2 p.m. Sept. 24 on Falcon Street, which is behind East Boston High School. The alleged victim, also 14, suffered stab wounds to the head, legs, and back, which resulted in a punctured lung, the DA said.

“This assault, beyond the injuries and fear and trauma it inflicted upon the victim, hurt us all,” Hayden said in a statement. “When young lives are impacted by such violence it’s a tragedy for families, neighborhoods,
schools and larger society itself. I wish this victim a full recovery on every level.”

DA: Victim thought she was going to be ‘jumped’ before alleged attack

The alleged victim left school and was walking on Putnam Street when she noticed two teens following her, she told police. She called her sister, saying she thought she might get “jumped,” according to the DA. 

Two juveniles then allegedly attacked the girl from behind, repeatedly striking her, the DA alleges. 

“The victim then observed one of the juveniles take what she believed to be a folding knife and place it in her pocket and walk the opposite way,” the DA said. When the alleged victim threatened to report the incident to police, the juvenile picked her cellphone off the ground and threw her cellphone at the alleged victim.

Not realizing she had been stabbed, the alleged victim continued walking home before “reported feeling something warn running down her body,” the DA’s release said. Classmates advised her to apply pressure to her wounds, the DA said. The alleged victim was treated by school staff on Falcon Street until police arrived and applied tourniquets.

The alleged victim told police that she and the 14-year-old in custody initially fought about two years ago over a pair of broken eyeglasses, according to the DA. Since then, “every time she encountered the juvenile, the juvenile would try to fight the victim,” the DA’s office said.

Videos of the attack circulated online, allegedly showing both juveniles striking and restraining the alleged victim, Hayden’s office said. The 14-year-old being charged is seen “making striking motions” in the areas where the victim was allegedly stabbed, prosecutors allege.

Molly Farrar is a general assignment reporter for Boston.com, focusing on education, politics, crime, and more.