WESTFIELD–A man allegedly suffered a self-inflicted stab wound after an altercation, according to police logs.
The incident happened on West School Street. Police acknowledged that they responded to a call at the address but would not comment in depth due to the nature of the incident other than there was an altercation with another male, and police later requested an ambulance for a self-inflicted stab wound. A property search on this address revealed that the property owner is the same person that Police reported as a man who has been under investigation for possible rental scams.
According to a neighbor who requested to remain anonymous, they witnessed a verbal dispute between the property owner and another person. The dispute was allegedly over money that may have been related to a rental scheme. The neighbor said that the person who was confronting the man had been in the area before, asking neighbors about the history of the property and renting from the man.
Police responded to the scene after the neighbor called them and they were able to separate the two parties, the neighbor said.
After a discussion with both, the neighbor said that the man offered to pay the money back, but that he asked to go into the house and retrieve it.
The neighbor said that the next thing she heard was a lot of commotion.
“I heard a lot of ‘put your hands up, put your hands up’,” they said. “Then a cop came out saying we need an ambulance.”
The neighbor reported that police allegedly said there was a man who stabbed himself. The neighbor reported that Westfield Fire paramedics responded to the address and were holding something “like a towel” to the man’s chest and “applying pressure.”
The man, who is being kept anonymous for privacy reasons at this time, was reportedly transported to Baystate Medical Center. However, when Baystate was reached their representative said they had no information available.
