HN AUDIO: Caller reported her son was stabbed after he answered the door… three suspects in custody…
HN NOTE: All HN images of the crime scene have been intentionally obscured to protect the identity of the victim and his family…
EAST FALMOUTH – As you will hear in the following HN Audio, a caller reported her 20-year-old son had just been stabbed after he answered the door to their home.
Three suspects then tried to flee the scene, but were quickly located and arrested during a traffic stop, according to a FPD statement.
The stabbing occurred at about 7:25PM on Monday evening. HN arrived on scene a short while after as officers were waiting for a K-9 unit to conduct an article search near the crime scene.
The following HN Audio highlights dramatic radio transmissions between dispatch and responding personnel.
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The following is the actual Falmouth Police media statement:
Three Arrested after a Falmouth Man was Stabbed.
Police reported the arrest of a 16-year-old, 17-year-old, and an 18-year-old in connection with a stabbing that occurred during an apparent drug transaction Monday night.
At 7:28 pm, officers were called to a home on Sam Turner Road after a report that a man had been attacked by three males, one with a knife.
Within minutes, police located the suspect vehicle on Teaticket Highway and arrested the involved subjects. Officers searched the car and found a knife believed to be used during the altercation.
The victim, a 20-year-old East Falmouth resident, was taken by Falmouth Fire Rescue to the Falmouth Hospital with a stab wound to his left torso. His wound was reported to be non-life threatening.
Samuel Cooper, an 18-year-old from East Falmouth, along with two juvenile males, will be arraigned on Tuesday for Attempted Armed Robbery, Assault & Battery with a Dangerous Weapon—knife, Attempted Murder, and Conspiracy. One juvenile is from East Falmouth and the other is from Mashpee.
