A woman stabbed a man on board a Red Line train Thursday, leaving him with serious injuries, the Metro Transit Police Department said.
Shaquanda Perry, 31, is charged with assault with a deadly weapon, police said.
Perry and a man fought on a Glenmont-bound train. Then, Perry pulled out a knife and stabbed the victim, police said.
Authorities were called about 11:50 p.m. to Metro Center station and found the man suffering multiple stab wounds to the leg, a D.C. police Second District watch commander told News4.
He was taken to a hospital and is now in stable condition, Metro Transit Police said.
The woman was found at Farragut North station, arrested and charged, transit police said.
According to D.C. police, a witness reported that the woman injured herself during the attack.
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Metro Transit Police are leading the investigation.
The stabbing comes amid conversations and concerns over safety on Metro, especially after a safety report highlighted Metro’s operator shortage, plus two shootings last week.
A 16-year-old boy was arrested in a shooting that injured three people at the Benning Road Metro station in Northeast D.C. on Dec. 9, NBC Washington reported. The victims include a teen involved in a fight, plus two bystanders — another teen and a woman.
One day earlier, an off-duty FBI agent shot and killed a person during a fight inside the Metro Center Metro station, according to D.C. police.
Stay with News4 for more on this developing story.
