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Knife-wielding drunk sends Fenway bar crowd fleeing at 3 a.m. as BPD rolls multiple cars to Lansdowne Street, per scanner report

Sunday, May 24, 2026
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MDN Staff
Knife-wielding drunk sends Fenway bar crowd fleeing at 3 a.m. as BPD rolls multiple cars to Lansdowne Street, per scanner report

A volunteer Boston Police dispatch monitor captured the 3 a.m. Sunday incident at Brookline Avenue and Lansdowne Street, in the heart of the Fenway bar district. BPD rolled multiple cars.

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FENWAY — A shirtless drunk was allegedly chasing people with a knife at Brookline Avenue and Lansdowne Street — in the heart of Boston's Fenway bar district — just after 3 a.m. Sunday, according to a Boston Police dispatch monitor at the scene.
The volunteer-run @StacoS account, which monitors BPD radio overnight, posted the alert at 3:01 a.m.:

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The intersection sits directly outside the cluster of bars on Lansdowne Street — the stretch behind Fenway Park's left field where post-game and Saturday-night crowds linger until last call.
Boston Police rolled multiple units to the scene, per the dispatch monitor. The Boston Police Department had not issued a formal release on the incident as of Sunday morning.
This is a developing story.

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