Crime & Safety
Quincy Gas Station Cashier Stabbed Christmas Weekend
The suspect reportedly told the victim that he needed money for Christmas.

QUINCY, MA — Quincy Police are asking for help identifying a man caught on camera robbing a gas station and stabbing the cashier.
Police responded to the reported incident at Bomfiglioli’s Auto Service at 596 Hancock St at 12:47 p.m. Dec. 23. At the scene, officers found the victim sitting on the ground outside with a deep laceration to one of his fingers.
Video released by the Quincy Police Department shows a man entering the store and attacking a person inside, before wrestling off camera. The victim told officers that the struggle moved outside. The suspect did not get the cash that he demanded and fled south on Hancock Street.
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The victim told reporters that the suspect said he needed money for Christmas.
“He told me ‘no, I don’t want to kill you. I just need money for Christmas’,” a #Quincy gas attendant recounts his conversation with the man that stabbed him next #7News 6pm
— Kimberly Bookman (@KimberlyBookman) December 27, 2017
Stabbed in the hand - a #Quincy gas station clerk needs 6 stitches from trying to stop a robber with a knife. #7News pic.twitter.com/tGsYyFFMkQ
— Kimberly Bookman (@KimberlyBookman) December 27, 2017
The suspect was described as a white man, 5'8"-5'9", medium build, wearing jeans, dark coat and a knitted hat.
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If you have any information relevant to the investigation, you are asked to contact Detective Menz at 617-745.5853 or jamenz@quincyma.gov.
Image via Quincy Police Department
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