MASHPEE – Mashpee Police are investigating a stabbing. It happened around 2 AM. The victim was found in a car on Route 28 near Cash’s Trail and was transported to Falmouth Hospital.
Update: Mashpee Police report that at approximately 2:07 AM, they received a report of a male subject being transported to Falmouth Hospital as a passenger in a private vehicle after suffering an alleged stab wound to his back. Mashpee and Falmouth officers were able to make contact with the victim on Route 28 in the area of the Mashpee/Falmouth town line after the vehicle was instructed to pull over and wait for ambulance personnel. While providing first aid to the victim, a 24-year-old male from New Bedford, responding officers were able to determine the victim had been stabbed at Attaquin Park in Mashpee during an altercation. The victim was ultimately transported to Falmouth Hospital by the Mashpee Fire/Rescue Department with what appeared to be non-life-threatening injuries. The crime scene was secured and an open and active investigation was initiated and is now ongoing. The Mashpee Police Department was assisted at the scene by the Falmouth Police department and the Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office Bureau of Criminal Investigations Unit. Detectives are actively pursuing several leads and anyone with information is asked to call the Mashpee Police Department Detective Bureau at 508-539-1480.
