By Mike Napolitano
Zachary Winston, a middler who allegedly stabbed two other students on Westland Avenue. Sunday, has been barred from the campus, according to a statement released by Northeastern Wednesday.
Winston was held on $100,000 cash bail Monday; $50,000 for each two charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, according to a release from the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.
The News was unable to confirm if Winston has made bail as of press time.
He was ordered to stay away from the victims, undergo a drug and alcohol evaluation and check in weekly with the Department of Probation for the remainder of his case, according to the release.
Winston is scheduled to appear at the Boston Municiple Court Nov. 25.
A source familiar with the case but wished to remain anonymous because the investigation is ongoing, said Winston has been removed from on-campus housing, where he lives, but did not say which residence hall he lived in.
The Boston Police Department (BPD) responded to the incident at 24 Westland Ave. at 3:25 a.m. Sunday morning, according to BPD’s news blog.
Northeastern University Division of Public Safety (NUPD) Captain and Associate Director Albert Sweeney said the scene of the incident looked gruesome because of the amount of blood on the sidewalk, as reported in the Oct. 20 issue of The News.
“The initial officers believed they had a homicide,” he said. “The volume of blood and the degree was such that they believed that they were chasing an active killer.”
Middler Chinese and international affairs major Ryan Wilson told The News on Sunday that an argument between Winston and a third student neither knew got heated and Winston pulled out a knife. The unknown student was taken to Boston Medical Center for treatment of multiple stab wounds, as reported in the Oct. 20 issue of The News. Wilson said on Sunday that he was also stabbed in the lower back during the fight.
The identity of the student who was stabbed has not been released by officials.
Some students said the incident did not change how safe they felt walking around the city.
“I’m from Philly, so you get about three deaths a day,” said sophomore linguistics major Michelle Catagnus. “This is a lot better than home, [and] it’s not really a big deal. It happens.”
Other students said it’s always smart to avoid certain places late at night.
“I feel pretty safe on campus,” said sophomore chemical engineering major Anthony Fusco. “I think there’s some areas obviously you want to stay away from.”
Sophomore finance major Kerrie Wong said a simple solution is to stay on the main part of campus late at night.
“I feel pretty confident walking around here during the day,” she said. “Being in the city, you should have common sense, like don’t walk alone.”
