The Boston Police Department is attacks early Wednesday that sent two men to the hospital, where one of them would be pronounced dead.

Police say that shortly after 1 a.m., officers responded to a call about a man lying in the street outside 17 Greenwood St. He was taken with " injuries to his forehead" to Boston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

About a half hour later, police say, a resident at 54 Greenwood who heard a noise and thought somebody was trying to break into his house instead found a second man lying on his front porch, bleeding, police say, adding:

"Officers observed a male victim suffering from a stab wounds. The victim, stated he was out drinking celebrating a friend's birthday and did not know who stabbed him. He was transported to Boston Medical Center with serious injuries."