Police: Man Ran Naked From Logan Airport Restroom, Tried to Kill 84-Year-Old Man

Police say 26-year-old Cameron Shenk of Boston took his clothes off, climbed into the drop ceiling of a Logan Airport women's room, fell through the ceiling, attacked and seriously injured an 84-year-old man.

A Boston man has been arrested after police say he ran naked from a women's restroom at Logan International Airport and attacked an 84-year-old man late Saturday morning.

According to police, 26-year-old Cameron Shenk went into the restroom, removed his clothes and climbed into the drop ceiling. Then, police say, he fell through the ceiling and ran from the restroom "naked and bleeding."

After he left the restroom, police say Shenk attacked the victim, who was seriously injured and transported to the hospital. His injuries are not considered life-threatening.

A Massachusetts State Police trooper was injured while Shenk was being taken into custody.

"It's terrifying and sickening that somebody would do that," said Keenan Woods of Washington. "I'm just thankful I don't have my children with me to see something like that, I feel bad for families that were around to witness something like that."

"I can't really imagine being in there and having a man fall through the ceiling," said Emily Watts of Australia. "Glad we are going home, where it will be a little bit quieter."

Shenk faces charges including attempted murder, mayhem, assault and battery on a person over 60, assault and battery on a police officer, malicious destruction of property and a lewd and lascivious act.

The suspect will be arraigned at East Boston District Court.

In an unrelated incident about 30 minutes earlier, troopers said they responded to an assault in a BMW outside the airport.

According to police, the driver of the BMW, 52-year-old Anton Hilton of Boston's Roxbury neighborhood, attacked a 21-year-old female passenger.

Hilton was arrested and charged with assault and battery and kidnapping. The woman refused medical treatment.

In a statement, Massachusetts Port Authority, the airport's operator, thanked Massachusetts State Police for its response to the incidents.

Earlier in the day, former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling tweeted about a bomb squad responding after his son brought a fake plastic grenade to the airport.

NECN will have more as this story develops.

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