2 dead, 2 injured in knife attacks at mall, home in Massachusetts before suspect killed



TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — Three people were killed, including a suspect, and two others injured in attacks at a shopping mall and a home in Massachusetts Tuesday.


State police say a man stabbed two people at a home in Taunton on Tuesday, then crashed a car through the front of a Macy's store at the Silver City Galleria and stabbed two other people at the mall.

The Bristol County District Attorney's Office said Tuesday that 28-year-old Arthur Darosa crashed a car outside a home, walked inside and stabbed an 80-year-old woman and another woman. The 80-year-old was taken to a hospital, where she later died. The other woman is being treated for life-threatening injuries.

Authorities say Darosa then drove to the Silver City Galleria mall and crashed a car through the front of a Macy's store. They say he assaulted multiple people inside the store before walking to a restaurant and stabbing four people, including a 56-year-old man who later died.

Investigators say an off-duty sheriff's deputy fatally shot Darosa.

Witnesses reported a chaotic scene.

A motive for the attacks remains under investigation.

Taunton is about 40 miles south of Boston.