Seven men in their 20s had been stabbed with knives and broken bottles early on Sunday morning on Tremont Street in the Theater District. According to police two of the victims had to undergo surgery.
Boston police spokesman Stephen McNulty informed that three of the men were transported from the scene, and four others walked to area hospitals for medical attention .
Police received a call at 2:10 AM for a person stabbed or shot near 271 Tremont St., shortly after the bars and clubs were closed. When police arrived, they found the three men who were then transported.
McNulty said that a fight broke out on the street and “there is no information as to what precipitated the incident or if an establishment is connected in any way at this time.”
Joe Mellen, 27 years old, an employee for Tufts Parking and Transportation on Tremont Street, said that he saw about 20 men punching each other in front of the club and at a nearby bus stop. He said that security personnel for the club and for Tufts Medical Center had been trying to break it up, but there were too many people involved.
Mellen, who has worked at the parking garage for five years, said that he had never seen anything like it.
Mellen said, “There was no way to tell who was fighting who. During the whole melee, it looked like one guy was swinging a bottle around. It was really chaotic.”
Trails of blood could be seen late on Sunday morning in front of the adjacent Royale and Candibar nightclubs, the Courtyard Marriott, the Tremont Variety store, and in a park on the corner of Tremont and Oak streets.
Boston police superintendent Bernard O’Rourke, who was at the scene, said that one victim, “who did survive some wounds,” has been believed to be a suspect in the stabbings .
No arrests had been made as of Sunday evening, and no information on a suspect or suspects was available.
Boston police Commissioner William B. Evans said on Sunday that the incident occurred outside the Candibar nightclub.
Evans said, “What I’ve seen from reports is that it originated outside the Candibar, which is sort of connected with the Royal [nightclub. We’re very fortunate no one was seriously injured.”
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