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Man with knife arrested after gun discharges during scuffle at Boston transit station
Six people were hospitalized after a scuffle led to a police officer's gun discharging while arresting a knife-wielding man at the MBTA Forest Hills station.
- On Friday around 11:30 a.m., a gun discharged during a scuffle as MBTA Transit Police attempted to arrest a man at Forest Hills station, officials said.
- Responding officers moved after reports that a man armed with a butcher knife was threatening to stab a bus driver and trying to cut the bus's tires.
- Boston EMS said six people were taken to area hospitals, including two transit police officers, one sustaining a knee injury. Witness Riley McMullan said, "I saw someone down in the busway, and someone was tending to them."
- MBTA Transit Police Superintendent Richard Sullivan said the suspect was taken into custody and will face charges. Sullivan stated, "How that weapon discharged will be part of the investigation."
- Forest Hills upper busway operations were temporarily suspended but have since reopened, while authorities continue investigating and have not yet confirmed the hospitalized individuals' conditions.
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