Winchester Library Stabbing 9-1-1 Calls Released
WINCHESTER, MA (WBZ-AM) -- Winchester Police and Middlesex District Attorney Marion Ryan released the 911 calls and radio transmissions from fatal stabbing inside the Town's library on February 24.
Deane Kenny Stryker,22, an aspiring doctor was slashed by Jeffey Yao with a 10-inch hunting knife.
A 77-year old man was also stabbed in the attack as he intervened but is okay.
Jeffery Yao, 23, the man accused of the murder, was arrested and sent to a state maximum state maximum security psychiatric hospital after he was found too mentally ill for the county jail according to Middlesex County Jail officials.
The 9-1-1 Calls below are from library personnel on a landline inside the Library and from an individual on a cell phone inside. All reporting that for reports that Stryker and the another man had been stabbed.
Listen Below: 911 Call # 1 – Library personnel from landline in the Winchester Public Library
Listen Below: 911 Call # 2 – Library personnel from landline in the Winchester Public Library. Listener Discretion is Advised
Listen Below: 911 Call #3 To Winchester Police From Library. Listener Discretion is Advised
Listen Below: Radio Transmissions from Winchester Police. Listener Discretion is Advised
Police have also released a cache of documents detailing their interactions with the murder suspect Jeffery Yao.
RELATED: Read Documents Released by Winchester, MA Police Dept on Jeffery Yao
They say that they have had at least dozen interactions with him since 2012 including:
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Chief Peter MacDonnell says his hope is to continue the dialogue about mental illness in our society.
Yao's lawyer says he's mentally ill.