BOSTON – Boston Police say they have identified a person they were looking for in connection with the stabbing of 91-year-old civil rights pioneer Jean McGuire in Franklin Park last week and he is no longer a person of interest in the case.

McGuire was stabbed October 11 while walking her dog on a path near Seaver Street.

Investigators released photos of a person of interest Wednesday, looking for help from the public. 

Police told WBZ-TV said Thursday afternoon they had identified the man in the photos and spoken to him. Police said he is no longer a person of interest and no one has been arrested or charged at this point in the investigation.

McGuire was the first Black woman elected to the Boston School Committee and a former director of the METCO desegregation program.

She was released from the hospital Tuesday. In an exclusive interview with WBZ-TV Wednesday, McGuire said self-defense training helped her fight off her attacker.