A firsthand account of the stabbing on College Street
By Susanna Schatz | May 9, 2024Huy Tran ’24 was walking home from Shaw’s Grocery with a friend around 8 p.m. on March 20 when a man approached him from behind and attacked him with a knife. Jerry L. Hoffman, 31, reportedly wielding two knives, stabbed Tran in the back four times.






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