19-Year-Old Charged With 2 Murders In North Attleboro Triple Stabbing

NORTH ATTLEBORO (CBS) – A 19-year-old facing two murder charges is being held without bail after a brutal triple stabbing in North Attleboro.

Daniel Randall of North Attleboro pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Friday in Attleboro District Court.

Police were called to a home on Birch Road just after 8:30 p.m. Thursday for reports of a stabbing. They found three men, all 21 years old and from North Attleboro, wounded.

One of them, Aidan Hanrahan, was dead. Prosecutors said Thursday was his 21st birthday. Paramedics rushed the other two to nearby hospitals. One of them, Joshua Lemken, died overnight at Rhode Island Hospital, the Bristol County District Attorney's Office said.

The third victim, Erik Lundstedt, is still in the hospital in serious, but stable condition.

Prosecutors say Randall called 911 and admitted killing someone, but claimed it was self-defense.

Randall, who had treatment for a hand injury overnight, was booked Friday morning at the police station before he was taken to court.

There's no word yet on a motive.

"It's shocking," said Al Kelly, who lives in the neighborhood. "We're such a quiet side street that you wouldn't expect that much anything to happen, but I sure saw all the police cars last night."

Investigators gathered evidence at the home all night and through the morning. A car with blood on the hood was cordoned off with crime tape for a long time and then towed away.

"It's definitely scary to see, all this chaos and commotion. I've never seen this many police cars in my life," said resident Ariana Mancuso. "I think it's kind of crazy, considering this town's been pretty quiet. We've heard from neighbors that it's been a quiet town, that nothing like this happens."

Randall is due back in court for a probable cause hearing October 8.