A Los Angeles man was arrested Saturday evening in reference to a rush-hour stabbing on a Metro practice final week, the Los Angeles Police Division stated.
Police stated Alex Garcia, 27, boarded a Pink Line practice on the Hollywood/Western station on Thursday about 5 p.m. and acquired into an argument with a person seated within the subway automobile. The argument turned violent, and Garcia slashed the passenger as soon as within the stomach, police stated.
Garcia stayed on the practice whereas the passenger fled the automobile and flagged down a bystander for assist, police stated. The passenger is hospitalized with a extreme stomach damage and is in secure situation.
Police stated they discovered Garcia 48 hours later in Hollywood and arrested him.
Garcia is being held in lieu of $1 million bail and is topic to a felony probation maintain, police stated.
Los Angeles County jail data present {that a} man with the identical title and date of delivery as Garcia was arrested Monday afternoon and launched Tuesday, two days earlier than the stabbing.
A second stabbing on the Metro system on Thursday night seems to be an unrelated incident, officers stated.
In that case, a person standing on a Pink Line platform on the Westlake/MacArthur Park station was stabbed shortly earlier than 8 p.m., and was taken to a hospital with accidents to his neck and torso, the Los Angeles Fireplace Division stated.
