Overview
- A person of interest was apprehended around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday and is being processed, according to Fall River police.
- Flanagan was stabbed near the 100 block of Hartwell Street around 5 p.m. Monday and remains in serious but stable condition.
- Detectives say overnight evidence collection, camera footage review, and witness interviews led to the quick arrest.
- The Patrol Bureau and Major Case Division are continuing an active investigation, with charging details to follow arraignment.
- Flanagan, who served as mayor from 2010 to 2014, is CEO of the nearby Cosmopolitan Dispensary on Hartwell Street, and city leaders issued statements of support.