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Police responded to a report of an unconscious person at 25 Playstead Road, near White Stadium, in Jamaica Plain around 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 11, Boston Police said. Upon arrival, officers found a woman, later identified as 91-year-old Jean McGuire, suffering from multiple stab wounds.
She was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries where she remains in stable condition and is expected to survive, police said. Initial investigation revealed McGuire was walking in her dog in the area when she was attacked.
"I'm certainly outraged and I think we have to be at the point where we have an entire community that is equally as outraged and will not stand for this sort of random violence any further," Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden said.
McGuire made history as the first African American female to gain a seat on the Boston School Committee at Large in 1981. Hayden said McGuire greeted him with a spunky disposition when he visited her at the hospital.
"She is as positive, vibrant and upbeat as anyone who knows Jean McGuire would expect her to be," he said. "Her attacker may have met the wrong person last night."
No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing. Initial investigation suggests the suspect may have been injured during the attack as well.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Boston Police at 617-343-4275. Anonymous tips can be sent to the CrimeStoppers Tip Line at 1 (800) 494-TIPS or by texting the word ‘TIP’ to CRIME (27463).
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