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Randolph man allegedly stabbed food delivery driver in road rage incident, Boston police say
The driver was taken to a local hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, according to police.
A Randolph man is facing charges after he allegedly stabbed a food delivery driver following an apparent road rage incident in Boston’s South End Tuesday.
Boston police say Byron Alexander, 45, tried to strike the delivery driver’s vehicle before confronting the man at a red light. Alexander pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and threatening to commit a crime, court records show.
It was not immediately clear whether he had an attorney who could comment on his behalf.
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Officers responded to the reported stabbing near 10 Huntington Ave. around 10:36 p.m. Tuesday, the Boston Police Department said in a news release. Upon arrival, they found a man sitting inside a car and “suffering from multiple stab wounds.”
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Authorities said the 32-year-old Grubhub driver sustained stab wounds to his shoulder, chest, and upper back. He was taken to a local hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.
According to Boston police, initial reports indicated the man and his passenger were delivering food to an address on Beacon Street and parked in front of Alexander’s vehicle. Alexander allegedly honked his horn and followed the delivery driver around the block, attempting to strike the other vehicle, according to police.
When both vehicles stopped at a red light, Alexander allegedly got out of his car and approached the delivery driver, threatening to shoot him and yelling, “Are you afraid to die?”
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“A confrontation occurred outside the vehicle, during which the victim was stabbed multiple times,” police said.
Alexander purportedly fled the scene but was arrested after Massachusetts State Police stopped his car on Interstate 93. A witness positively identified Alexander during a viewing, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said in a press release.
Following his arraignment Wednesday, Alexander was ordered held at Suffolk County Jail in lieu of posting $50,000 cash bail. He is due back in court Sept. 30.
“Far too often we see traffic episodes that with a little bit of patience would be forgotten forever turn into full-on road rage cases where people get hurt and people get charged,” Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden said in a statement. “Along with the injuries suffered and cases prosecuted comes the reality that the defendants had the ability from the start to create a different outcome.”
Alexander had previously been convicted of second-degree murder in 1997 and received a 10- to 15-year prison sentence, prosecutors said.
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