3 Men Stabbed At Braintree Hotel During Fight

BRAINTREE, MA — Three men were stabbed late Tuesday night during a fight at the Residence Inn Marriott hotel in Braintree, according to police.

As of Wednesday morning, one of the men was in critical condition, and a second was in stable condition. The third victim had already been released from the hospital.

The stabbings happened just after 11 p.m. after two groups of men had some kind of confrontation in the parking lot outside the hotel, police said. The three injured men were part of a larger group of people from out of state who were at the hotel for work.

"After an initial investigation, it was determined that a confrontation occurred in the parking lot between two groups that may have known each other. The identities of the other individuals are still under investigation as they left the scene prior to police arrival," police said in a news release.

Braintree and state police detectives were both investigating the incident.