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   From: cowards@latimes.com   
      
   A woman was fatally stabbed while leaving a Metro train Monday morning,   
   according to authorities.   
      
   The passenger, a woman in her 50s, was stabbed in the throat and found by   
   police at the Universal City station in the 3900 block of Lankershim   
   Boulevard shortly after 5 a.m., according to Los Angeles Police Officer   
   Drake Madison. The station serves the B Line (formerly the Red Line)   
   trains that run from Union Station to North Hollywood.   
      
   The Los Angeles Fire Department received a call from a passerby at 4:59   
   a.m. who reported seeing a “person down,” department spokesperson Brian   
   Humphrey said.   
      
   As firefighters were on their way, dispatchers received several other   
   calls from people who said they believed the victim was bleeding, but none   
   of the callers was willing to get close enough to confirm anything about   
   her condition, Humphrey said.   
      
   The woman was taken to a hospital, where she died from her injuries,   
   Madison said.   
      
   In a statement, Metro said the woman was stabbed as she was getting off   
   the train and security personnel rendered aid until paramedics arrived.   
      
   “Metro extends its condolences to her family and friends,” the statement   
   said.   
      
   A suspect was taken into custody by Los Angeles Police Department officers   
   in the area of the Universal City station, LAPD Capt. Kelly Muniz said.   
      
   The suspect ran out of the train, but officers found him nearby, Muniz   
   said. Police released no additional information about the suspect.   
      
   Train service to the station was interrupted Monday morning, but resumed   
   by the afternoon.   
      
   Monday’s stabbing fell on Earth Day, when all rides aboard Metro’s trains   
   and buses are free. Access to the train was unfettered and available to   
   all. Police say the suspect was unknown to officers in the North Hollywood   
   Division.   
      
   The stabbing also follows a steady increase in violent crimes on Metro   
   trains in recent years. Homicides, aggravated assaults and robberies   
   increased from 2019 through 2023, according to Metro’s year-end summary.   
   There was a sharp increase in a separate category of crimes that include   
   battery, vandalism, use of narcotics and sex offenses aboard Metro’s   
   trains over the same period.   
      
   There were no homicides on Metro trains in 2019, but there were three in   
   2020; five each in 2021 and 2022; and six in 2023, according to Metro’s   
   data. In December 2023, the B Line saw an 18% increase in total crime   
   compared with the previous month, with an increase in aggravated assaults,   
   robberies and larcenies.   
      
   Metro estimates 5.7 million riders traveled by train in March, up from   
   roughly 5.1 million rail riders in February.   
      
   Anyone with information about the stabbing can contact the Los Angeles   
   Regional Crime Stoppers Hotline at (800) 222-TIPS, or (800) 222-8477.   
      
   https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-04-22/fatal-metro-stabbing-   
   universal-city   
      
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