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Metro employee attacked at Braddock Road station in Alexandria

Police say the employee's injury was "significant."
Credit: Metro Transit Police

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Police are asking for the public's help to find a man who assaulted a Metro employee Sunday morning at a station in Alexandria. 

Metro Transit Police say the assault happened around 10 a.m. at the Braddock Road Metro Station at 700 N. West Street. Police say a Metro employee was attacked and sustained an injury described as significant. The circumstances surrounding the assault and what led up to it have not yet been made public. Metro Transit Police (MTPD) said the wanted man was captured on surveillance video at the station. Photos of the wanted man can be seen below. 

Credit: Metro Transit Police

Anyone who may recognize the man seen in the photos or knows where he may be is urged to contact police at 202-962-2121 or text MyMTPD at 696873 followed by your tip.

Police are also investigating a pair of stabbings in Montgomery County near the Twinbrook Metro station. It is not yet known whether the Braddock Road attack is connected to those stabbings in Maryland.

RELATED: Montgomery County Police are searching for the man accused of stabbing two people at Twinbrook Metro Station

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