SWAT unit called in when man attacks Beth Israel guard, then holes up in basement

Alert New England reports a man with a knife apparently went after a security guard at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center shortly before 6 p.m., then barricaded himself in the basement at the hospital's Brookline Avenue facility. However, by 7:30 the man had managed to flee and was last spotted heading toward the Fenway. Police unleashed the hounds in pursuit.