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A man went on a stabbing spree in Taunton on Tuesday night, leaving at least three people dead, including the suspect, and several others injured.
In total, three of the victims died, according to State Police. Two victims died on sight, while an 80-year-old woman died later in the hospital. The suspect, Arthur J. DaRosa, 28, of Taunton, was shot and killed at the mall by an off-duty Plymouth County sheriff’s deputy, authorities said.
The string of assaults began around 7 p.m. when DaRosa crashed a car outside a home in Taunton, Mass., then walked inside and stabbed two women, according to a statement by Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III.
“DaRosa then jumped in a car and drove to the Silver City Galleria mall”, Quinn said. DaRosa crashed in front of the Macy’s Department Store, went inside, and attacked several more people before running off to a Bertucci’s restaurant, where he stabbed four more people.
The mall was placed in lockdown shortly after the chaotic series of events. Authorities claim they do not believe DaRosa knew any of the victims.
DaRosa, who was from Taunton, located 39 miles south of Boston, was shot and killed at the Silver City Galleria by an off-duty deputy sheriff.
Kerri Devries, 31, DaRosa’s older sister, told the Boston Herald that his brother had been battling depression for years. She said, “He had been hospitalized for depression just one day before the rampage and was sent home Tuesday.”
“He went to the ER, they put him in a psych ward,” she told the newspaper. “All he kept saying (Monday) was the devil was playing tricks on him and was going to poison the minds of his children.