--- title: 3 Dead After Stabbing Attacks at Massachusetts Mall and Home description: An assailant stabbed two people at a Massachusetts mall and another two inside a house before being shot by police, authorities said. canonical: https://time.com/4325652/stabbings-massachusetts-mall/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-11T00:32:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T12:44:59.000Z article:section: U.S. og:title: 3 Dead After Stabbing Attacks in Massachusetts Mall and Home og:description: Two victims and the suspect have died og:url: https://time.com/4325652/stabbings-massachusetts-mall/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 3 Dead After Stabbing Attacks in Massachusetts Mall and Home twitter:description: Two victims and the suspect have died twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # 3 Dead After Stabbing Attacks at Massachusetts Mall and Home  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Updated: Dec 13, 2023 12:44 PM CUTPublished: May 11, 2016 12:32 AM CUT  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Updated: Dec 13, 2023 12:44 PM CUTPublished: May 11, 2016 12:32 AM CUT Two people were stabbed at a Massachusetts mall and another two inside a house on Tuesday before a suspect was shot by police, [authorities said](http://www.mspnews.org/2016/05/two-stabbed-at-galleria-mall-in-taunton-two-others-stabbed-at-house-suspect-shot-by-off-duty-law-enforcement/ "undefined"). Two of the victims and the suspect have died. Massachusetts State Police said it is possible the mall attacker was also involved in a vehicle crash on the same street as the house stabbings occurred. The identity of the assailant is unclear. Authorities said they are currently unaware of any link to terrorism. Police say two people were first stabbed inside a house. Later, a suspect crashed a vehicle into the front of a store where he stabbed another two people inside the Galleria Mall in Taunton, Mass. That suspect was shot by an off-duty law enforcement officer at the mall. > [](https://twitter.com/TauntonPolice/status/730181533223411712) _This is a developing story. Check back for more updates._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4325652/stabbings-massachusetts-mall/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4325652/stabbings-massachusetts-mall/"},"headline":"3 Dead After Stabbing Attacks at Massachusetts Mall and Home","datePublished":"2016-05-11T00:32:50.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T12:44:59.000Z","description":"Two victims and the suspect have died","url":"https://time.com/4325652/stabbings-massachusetts-mall/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4325652/stabbings-massachusetts-mall/","name":"3 Dead After Stabbing Attacks at Massachusetts Mall and Home"}}]}] ```