A 19-year-old Hyde Park man has been arrested in connection with the stabbing of a 65-year-old man who was found with a kitchen knife lodged in his back earlier this month, Boston police said Saturday.
Jeff Penn was arrested around 5 p.m. Friday and is charged with assault with intent to murder victim over 60 and assault and battery by with a dangerous weapon. He is expected to be arraigned in Roxbury District Court, police said.
On Aug. 7, officers responded to a call for a person shot with a nail gun in the area of 9 Christy Lane in Hyde Park. When officers got to the scene, they found the 65-year-old man bleeding from a stab wound. The man was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said.
“The victim was later determined to have been stabbed with an apparent kitchen knife which remained lodged in his back, taking on the appearance of a nail,” police said in a statement.
Detectives identified Penn as the suspect and obtained search warrants for two vehicles, Penn’s residence and for Penn himself, police said.
Officers surveilled the car the suspect was believed to be driving at the time of the incident. The officers conducted a traffic stop, and Penn was taken to the police station, the statement said.