OAKLAND — A person who stabbed a fellow BART passenger with a cleaver-style knife because the prepare went by way of the Transbay Tube on Wednesday afternoon was arrested on the West Oakland station, authorities mentioned.
The transit company reported that the stabbing sufferer was certainly one of a number of individuals who ran by way of a number of vehicles of the prepare because it traveled by way of the tunnel on the underside of San Francisco Bay to flee the cleaver-wielding man.
The sufferer acquired remedy for non-life threatening accidents, BART Interim Police Chief Kevin Franklin mentioned in a press release.
Police arrested the 24-year-old San Francisco resident on suspicion of assault with a lethal weapon that was not a gun, theft, and probation violation. BART additionally issued him an order prohibiting the person from utilizing the system.
Officers recovered the cleaver and a backpack the person stole from the stabbing sufferer, authorities mentioned.
The person was booked into Santa Rita Jail and was being held there Thursday in lieu of $130,000 bail. He was scheduled to be arraigned Friday at an Oakland courthouse.
BART despatched service advisories simply earlier than 1 p.m., alerting riders of delays earlier than saying trains had been briefly not stopping on the station. Trains started resuming regular journey round 1:30 p.m.
Based on BART police arrest logs, a person with the identical title and delivery date was taken into custody and booked into county jail simply earlier than 12:45 a.m. Could 3 at Oakland’s Lake Merritt station after an arrest for fare evasion.
Employees author Rick Hurd contributed to this story. Contact George Kelly at 408-859-5180.