Overview
- Fairhaven police arrested Gavin L. Massas, 21, on Tuesday after an investigation into a late-Sunday triple stabbing.
- He was arraigned Wednesday in New Bedford District Court on charges including armed assault to murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and he pleaded not guilty.
- A judge ordered him held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing set for Jan. 16.
- Police say three men were stabbed outside a Cherry Street home around 10:15 p.m., with one victim critically injured and full conditions not yet released.
- Officers recovered a firearm at the scene, and a police report identifies two victims as a father and his adult son while noting the son's account involving the suspect's current girlfriend as a possible motive.