Overview
- Police say Will Flanagan, 45, was found with stab wounds around 5 p.m. Monday near the 100 block of Hartwell Street and was hospitalized in serious but stable condition.
- Fall River police arrested a person of interest around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday and initially said the individual’s identity would be released after arraignment.
- Later Tuesday, 31-year-old Coree Gonzalez was identified in court and pleaded not guilty to four counts of assault and battery on a police officer, with no motive for the stabbing publicly established.
- Investigators credited overnight evidence collection, camera footage, and witness statements for the swift apprehension, noting community-provided video aided the case.
- Flanagan, a former three-term mayor and CEO of Cosmopolitan Dispensary on Hartwell Street, had posted on social media earlier Monday near the location of the attack.