4 Girls Stabbed At AMC Braintree Movie Theater, Man Arrested

BRAINTREE, MA — A man has been arrested in connection with the stabbing of four girls on Saturday at the AMC Braintree 10, police said.

The man, whose identity had not been released Saturday evening, also is the suspect in a stabbing at a Plymouth McDonald's that happened after the Braintree attack, and a slaying in Connecticut, according to reports.

The girls, ages 9 to 17, were taken to Boston hospitals for treatment of injuries that were believed to not be life-threatening, Braintree police said in a news release.

The man walked into the movie theater at 121 Grandview Ave. about 6 p.m. and walked past the ticket counter and into one of the theaters without paying, police said.

Inside the theater he encountered the four girls and without saying anything or any warning, attacked them, police said. The attack appeared to be unprovoked, police said.

Afterward the man ran out of the theater and left. Authorities were able to use surveillance video to see he had gotten into a black SUV, and through their investigation were able to find the license plate, police said.

They put out an alert for the vehicle, and shortly afterward a vehicle matching the description was involved in a similar assault in Plymouth, Braintree police said.

In Plymouth, Massachusetts State police and Plymouth police cruisers were investigating a scene at the McDonalds at the Route 3 South Service Plaza shortly after the time of the Plymouth incident, Boston 25 News reported.

Massachusetts State Police pursued the SUV and it ultimately crashed in Sandwich, Braintree police said, and the driver was arrested.

The man also was wanted in a slaying in Connecticut, WCVB 5 ABC in Boston reported, quoting Connecticut State Police. That slaying happened in Deep River, Connecticut, the report said.

Movies in other theaters at the AMC were shut down and moviegoers told to leave, the report said.

Braintree Police, Braintree Fire and Brewster paramedics responded to the AMC Braintree 10, Braintree police said.