The victim was listed in good condition at Baystate Medical Center.
SPRINGFIELD – A 27-year-old North End man, shot in the shoulder and stabbed in the buttocks during an altercation on Plainfield Street Wednesday night, was listed in good condition Thursday at Baystate Medical Center.
Sgt. John M. Delaney said police were summoned to the area of 134 Plainfield St. shortly before 8:20 p.m. for a reported shooting. They found the victim at the rear of the address and called for an ambulance.
The victim told police that he got into a verbal altercation with two males that turned into a knife fight. When the victim fled, one of the suspects brandished a gun and fired, hitting the victim in left shoulder, Delaney, aide to Police Commissioner William J. Fitchet, said.
The suspects, one of them bleeding, fled towards Lowell Street and one was heard to say that he had been stabbed. One of the suspects was wearing a blue shirt and basketball shorts, Delaney said.
Delaney said the incident was gang-related and that detectives continue to investigate.