4 young girls stabbed to death in Braintree cinema attack, suspect arrested after accident on Cape Cod

Four young girls were stabbed to death in a brazen attack at a Braintree movie theater on Saturday night before the suspect was arrested following a fiery accident on Cape Cod, police say.

At around 6 p.m., a man entered the AMC Braintree 10, walked past the ticket counter and entered one of the theaters, according to Braintree police. Inside the theater, he stabbed and attacked four young girls, ages 9 to 17, “without saying anything and without warning,” police said.

According to police, the suspect raced out of the cinema after the attack and sped away in a black SUV.

First responders arrived on scene and took the four young girls to a Boston hospital for treatment of their non-life-threatening injuries.

“They looked like they had just seen a horror movie, not a children’s movie,” said Mateo Rojas, a moviegoer. “They said one of the girls screamed ‘Help, I’ve been stabbed’ and the children came out completely shocked.”

Braintree Police Patrol Officers and Detectives quickly reviewed the video footage and were able to determine that the suspect and the black SUV were no longer in the area. Police were able to obtain the suspect’s license plate number and other law enforcement agencies were notified.

According to Braintree Police, a vehicle matching the description was reportedly involved in a similar robbery in Plymouth. Boston 25 News was able to capture several Massachusetts State Police and Plymouth Police patrol cars investigating a crime scene at the McDonald’s on Route 3 South Service Plaza shortly after the reported robbery.