A Los Angeles man was arrested Saturday night time in reference to a rush-hour stabbing on a Metro prepare final week, the Los Angeles Police Division mentioned.
Police mentioned Alex Garcia, 27, boarded a Pink Line prepare on the Hollywood/Western station on Thursday about 5 p.m. and received into an argument with a person seated within the subway automotive. The argument turned violent, and Garcia slashed the passenger as soon as within the stomach, police mentioned.
Garcia stayed on the prepare whereas the passenger fled the automotive and flagged down a bystander for assist, police mentioned. The passenger is hospitalized with a extreme stomach damage and is in secure situation.
Police mentioned 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 mentioned.
Los Angeles County jail data present {that a} man with the identical identify and date of start 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 mentioned.
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 mentioned.
