Police Searching For Stabbing Suspect In Cambridge

CAMBRIDGE, MA — Tactical Officers with the Cambridge Police Department entered the Thorndike Street home that was initially believed to have contained the barricaded suspect wanted in connection to a non-fatal stabbing Friday night. The home was searched but the suspect was not inside.

An active investigation into the whereabouts of the suspect is ongoing, say police.

He has been identified as Russell Giachetto, 51, from Cambridge.

Police are asking anyone with any information on Giachetto’s whereabouts to call the Cambridge Police at 617-349-3300.

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After someone suspected of stabbing a man in Cambridge was believed to be barricaded in a home near Thorndike and Sciarappa streets, police closed off nearby streets and asked residents to avoid the area. Negotiators and tactical officers were called to the on scene, according to police.

"Residents are asked to avoid the immediate area as officers attempt to communicate with the suspect and peacefully deescalate and resolve the situation," police said in a statement.

Just after 6 p.m. police were called to the area for a report of a stabbing and found a man had escaped a home and was suffering what are believed to be non-life threatening injuries. Police said he was transported to a hospital.

Police said they learned that the man suspected of stabbing the other was inside the hom and may have access to a firearm. Police called tactical officers and out of abundance of caution, police said they closed the streets in the immediate area.

We'll update this as more information is available.

Photo courtesy Cambridge police.