T station knife attack: Man faces 15 counts after 2 MBTA officers, 4 others injured
A Boston man is facing 15 counts in connection with an incident at the Forest Hills T station on Friday that left two MBTA Transit Police officers and four others injured .
Hyde Park resident Micah Martin, 29, pleaded not guilty on Monday to four counts of assault and battery with intent to disarm a police officer and six counts of assault and battery on a police officer, according to court records.
Martin is also charged with one count each of armed carjacking, assault with a dangerous weapon, discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building, disorderly conduct on a public conveyance and resisting arrest.
Two Transit Police officers responded to the incident around 11:15 a.m. on March 20 after learning that a man with a butcher knife was threatening people and trying to stab an MBTA bus' tires, Transit Police said previously. They confronted Martin in the Jamaica Plain station's upper busway and a struggle ensued.
During the fight, Martin reached for one of the officers' guns, which then discharged, Transit Police said. The bullet did not hit anyone.
The two officers were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries following the incident, Transit Police said. Neither officer was stabbed.
Four other people were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries after the incident, though authorities have not specified why. Martin was treated by Boston Emergency Services at the scene.
During Martin's arraignment in West Roxbury District Court, the judge ordered him held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing scheduled for March 30, according to court records.
A similar incident involving a butcher knife took place on March 15 at the Andrew T station in South Boston. The incident involved a larger group of suspects, and two were arrested and charged.
It is unclear whether the two incidents were related. No further information has been released.
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