3 officers recovering after stabbing; suspect appears in court

Prosecutors revealed in court that a firefighter wearing thick gloves was able to wrestle a knife away from a suspect who stabbed three police officers Thursday during a violent tussle in a Saugus home.

SHORT TIME AGO.WE LEARNED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENEDTHIS MORNING, AS WELL AS NEWTURNER BRIDGE -- NEW CHARGES.SAUGUS WEARING A HOSPITAL GOWNWENT BEFORE A JUDGE THISAFTERNOON.HE’S CHARGED WITH SEVERAL COUNTSOF ASSAULT AND BATTERY WITH ADANGEROUS WEAPON, AND NOW THREECOUNTS OF ATTEMPTED MURDER.POLICE WENT TO THE TUTTLE STREETHOME SHORTLY BEFORE 7:30 A.M.THIS MORNING, AFTER A RENTAL CARCOMPANY CALLED ABOUT A VEHICLETHAT WAS NOT RETURNED.THE SUSPECT WOULD NOT COME OUT,AND WHEN OFFICERS WENT INSIDE,POLICE SAY THERE WAS ANALTERCATION, THE MAN USED AKNIFE SLASHING AND STABBINGTHREE POLICE OFFICERS.THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HELP TOBREAK DOWN THE DOOR.WHEN OFFICERS WENT INSIDE THEREWAS AN ALTERCATION.THE MAN USED A SIX-INCH KNIFE TOSTAB THREE POLICE OFFICERS.A FOURTH WAS ALSO HURT.THEY WERE TRANSPORTED TO THEHOSPITAL AND ARE OK.THE ASSISTANT CHIEF WHILEBRIEFING US THIS MORNING ABOUTWHAT HAPPENED, APPEAREDEMOTIONAL ABOUT HIS OFFICERSBEING HURT.