A man was stabbed several times Saturday afternoon at the Woodrow Wilson Court apartments in Cambridge. His injuries were not considered life-threatening.
The attack was reported around 2:30 p.m. at Magazine and Chalk streets, and it briefly put a nearby stretch of MIT under a shelter-in-place order. Universal Hub reported that police directed people near MIT’s NW98 building at 77 Massachusetts Ave. to shelter in place. MIT police later canceled the warning.
A suspect was spotted running near Dana Square Park toward MIT. He was described as a Black man, 18 to 23 years old, between 5 feet 5 inches and 5 feet 7 inches tall, wearing all black and a black do-rag.
An MIT police statement, as reported by Universal Hub, said Cambridge police believed the stabbing was a targeted act of violence. After an extensive search, Cambridge police determined there was no danger to the community.
Harvard University issued a campus shelter order for a separate edged-weapon report earlier this fall. On Sept. 1, WBUR reported that Cambridge police arrested a person who brandished an edged weapon at a Harvard Square coffee shop around 8:47 a.m. No one was hurt. Harvard issued its order around 9:45 a.m. and lifted it about 45 minutes later, after the person was taken into custody without incident and was to be charged with assault by means and disorderly conduct.
Saturday’s case is a different incident. The Woodrow Wilson Court victim was injured, the suspect description pointed toward MIT, and the campus warning came down after Cambridge police concluded the wider community was not in danger.
