The victim stumbled away, leaving a trail of blood before finally collapsing in the street with life-threatening injuries, Ertel said. A man jumped out, punched and stabbed the victim, then fled.
In court, prosecutor Noah Ertel alleged that witnesses told police that a red car pulled up next to the victim. Lowell police allege that the 23-year-old victim was found bleeding from multiple stab wounds on Middle and Palmer streets. Girard was arrested Monday as part of a warrant in connection with a 12:15 a.m. He pleaded not guilty to charges of armed assault to murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (a knife). Girard, of Salem, N.H., was ordered held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing on Tuesday11/22.
In Lowell District Court on Tuesday, Robert J. LOWELL - A 25-year-old New Hampshire man is accused of repeatedly stabbing a man last Friday, leaving him bleeding in a Lowell street, while he was free on bail in connection with a 2015 assault linked to the death of a Lowell anti-violence advocate.