Man Stabbed On MBTA Bus May Face Charges, Says He Was Defending Woman: "He Started Screaming At Her"

CBS Boston

September 23, 2026

A Dorchester man says the Transit Police are charging him with a crime after he says he defended a woman on an MBTA bus who was being harassed by a man with a knife. He confronted the man and was left with numerous stab wounds.

Shane Vautour left his bartender gig Sunday night and took the 22 bus home. He says an older woman got on board and began kindly greeting the other passengers. That's when he says a man on the bus started berating her.

"He started screaming at her, and making racial remarks, sexual remarks, things that just shouldn't be said out loud, let alone to an older woman," said Vautour.

Shane Vautour says he was stabbed on an MBTA bus after defending an older woman/CBS Boston

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