April 4, 2026
Jacob Graves
DEMOGRAPHICS
White, Male, 29
LOCATION
212 Hemenway St., Boston (Near Northeastern University)
ARMED
Armed with sword
CLASSIFICATION
Gunshot
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Boston Police Department
Boston police shoot, kill man, now identified as Jacob Graves, 29 of New Hampshire who allegedly stabbed officer with sword near NU campus while experiencing ‘mental health crisis,’ police say.
Boston police on Saturday shot and killed a man who stabbed an officer with a sword amid a “mental health crisis” at an apartment building near Northeastern University, officials said.
The shooting followed “an extended period of time” estimated at 45 minutes or longer during which police spoke with the man through the door of an apartment at 212 Hemenway St., Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox said at a Saturday afternoon news conference.
An emergency medical services clinician was with officers at the apartment building, he said.
Earlier, at 10:44 a.m., police believe the same man placed a 911 call during which he reported four people armed with a firearm were “looking to harm him,” Cox said.
This is a developing story.
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