Pittsfield Police Investigating Stabbing At Burbank Park

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Police are investigating a stabbing which left one man in critical condition.

 

Police say at 1:49 a.m. Tuesday morning patrol units were leaving Berkshire Medical Center when a man with traumatic injuries resulting from a stabbing at Burbank Park arrived. The victim was being transported to the hospital in a privately-owned vehicle.

 

"Initially witness account were contradictory, some claiming that the victim was suffering from a gunshot wound, others claiming a stab wound," Police wrote in a statement released Tuesday evening.

 

BMC staff administered medical attention while additional police patrol units were dispatched to Burbank Park. There a crime scene was secured and evidence and interviews led to "preliminary information that he suffered multiple stab wounds."

 

Police say the victim is "in critical condition."

 

Evidence was collected at both BMC and Burbank Park and Police are asking anyone with information about the incident to contact them at 413-448-9700, through the drug tips line at 413-448-9708, or by texting PITTIP and a message to 847411.