An argument over a shoveled-out parking space in Boston, a week and a half after the city’s eighth-biggest snowstorm on record, turned violent when a man was stabbed, police say.
Enel Javier, 47, is charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury. Police say the stabbing victim had discovered Javier’s car on Evans Street in Dorchester, “parked in a space [the victim] believed he had personally cleared of snow.”
An altercation ensued, and Javier allegedly stabbed the 41-year-old man in the hand with a knife. A woman who intervened was also hurt while trying to disarm Javier, police said.
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Officers responded at about 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday to the scene. They found Javier with the injured man and woman, as well as blood on nearby snowbanks.
“Through further investigation by responding officers and District B-3 detectives, it was determined that the incident originated from a dispute over a shoveled parking space,” police said.
Javier was due to be arraigned in Dorchester District Court on Wednesday.
It snowed more than 20 inches in Boston on Jan. 25-26, and there has been very little melting since then thanks to a historic cold stretch that followed, making streets and sidewalks hard to navigate.
Space savers to hold a shoveled-out parking spot are only allowed in Boston for 48 hours after a snow emergency ends. The snow emergency from the most recent storm ended nearly a week ago.
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Despite the rule, drivers who take a “saved” spot in Boston have previously been subject to threats and vandalism to their cars.
“No Kings” rallies are scheduled in Boston and across Massachusetts on Saturday and are expected to draw large crowds, organizers said.
Organized by the ACLU of Massachusetts, Indivisible Mass Coalition, and Mass 50501, the event is a mass mobilization in protest of the Trump administration.
The No Kings theme was created by the 50501 Movement, a national movement made up of Americans who stand for democracy and against what they call the authoritarian actions of the Trump administration. The name 50501 stands for 50 states, 50 protests, one movement.
“The Trump administration is trying to shred the Constitution; the No Kings movement is an unequivocal statement that we, the people, will not let that happen. This will be the third global No Kings Day, and it’s not just about protesting what’s wrong—it’s about building something better. We intend to show our power, build our power, and power a democracy that advances freedom, equality, justice, and dignity for all,” organizers wrote.
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The rally, one of thousands scheduled across the country this weekend, is planned for the Boston Common from 2 to 4 p.m. More than 100,000 people are expected to attend Boston’s rally. Other events are scheduled in Pittsfield, Northampton, Lancaster, Worcester, Framingham, Methuen, Lexington, and towns in southeastern Massachusetts and the Cape. For a map of No Kings events near you, click here.
Speakers include elected officials Attorney General Andrea Campbell, Gov. Maura Healey, Sen. Ed Markey and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, and civic leaders Hessann Farooqi Marcelo Gomes Da Silva, Darlene Lombos, president of the Greater Boston Labor Council, Carol Rose, executive director of ACLU of Massachusetts, Jessica Tang, president of the American Federation of Teachers of Massachusetts, and others. It will be moderated by Rahsaan Hall, president and CEO of Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts.
There will also be performances by the Dropkick Murphys, Boston Area Brigade of Activist Musicians, BVOCAL Chorus, and Jimmy Tingle.
A previous No Kings rally in October drew massive crowds estimated in the tens of thousands.
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An aerial view of the crowd at Boston’s “No Kings” rally on the Common on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025.
ALLSTON, MASS. (WHDH) – Boston police are searching for a gunman who opened fire in Allston Thursday and left one person hurt.
Police responded to a radio call for a person shot in the area of Brighton Avenue at approximately 6:46 p.m. When officers arrived, they said they found a male “juvenile” suffering from a gunshot wound. The victim’s age has not been released.
Boston police said the shooter fled the scene and remains at large. No arrests have been made.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Boston police.
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