FALL RIVER, Mass. (WPRI) — Will Flanagan spent his Christmas with his family, mostly healed from when he was attacked in Fall River in October. But scars remain.
“If I cry, I won’t even feel the tear coming down my face,” he said as he showed his wounds across his neck and face. “He got me here on my neck, and this one was the one that almost killed me.”
The former mayor of Fall River was walking outside his business when a man stabbed him from behind. He said the suspect, 31-year-old Coree Gonzales, has a history of violence and mental health issues…