SOMERVILLE, Mass. (KRON/AP) – Police say two young Boston men were stabbed in the neck, one seriously, at a Tufts University fraternity house.
Somerville Deputy Chief Paul Trant says a “person of interest” is being sought and there is no threat to the surrounding community. He says the people involved know each other.
Tufts, which said the victims weren’t affiliated with the university, issued a shelter-in-place order for about three hours early Sunday.
Trant says police responding to the Delta Tau Delta house just before 4 a.m. found the men outside. He says the stabbings appear to have happened inside.
The fraternity house is located on Professors Row, a street that runs through the Boston-area campus, Tufts spokeswoman Kim Thurler said.
Both victims were taken to Massachusetts General Hospital. A 20-year-old has a serious injury, and a 19-year-old’s injury is non-life-threatening.
Jim Russell, executive vice president of the national fraternity, says it’s working to determine the circumstances and cooperating with police. He says only a small number of men are living at the house for the upcoming Tufts summer term.
Tufts’ commencement was held on May 17 and summer sessions are underway. There will continue to be an enhanced police presence on campus as the investigation continues, Thurler said.