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Man stabbed at Mass and Cass area shelter, police

People cover up in the rain outside the Southampton Street Shelter earlier this year. (Chris Christo/Boston Herald/File)
People cover up in the rain outside the Southampton Street Shelter earlier this year. (Chris Christo/Boston Herald/File)
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One man was injured and another arrested after a stabbing at a Southampton Street shelter in the Mass and Cass area at the center of the city’s addiction crisis.

Boston police report responding to the shelter at 112 Southampton Street at 9:44 p.m. Saturday for a report of a stabbing. The victim suffered injuries to his arm and shoulder and is expected to survive, according to police.

Arrested was Alexander Aulet, 40 of Fitchburg. Aulet is being charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. He’s expected to be arraigned at Roxbury District Court.

The Southampton Street  shelter is operated by the Boston Public Health Commission.