WASHINGTON — A suspect was arrested Monday after a woman was stabbed aboard a Green Line train Sunday evening, continuing an alarming trend of Metro-related crime.
Metro Transit Police informed WUSA9 that just before 6 p.m., a stabbing was reported aboard a Green Line train at the Navy Yard station in Southeast D.C. The woman who was stabbed was taken to a local hospital to be treated. She was reported to be conscious and alert at the time.
On Monday, police announced they'd arrested Michael William Harrington, 41, of D.C.
Within an hour of the stabbing report, normal service resumed for the Green Line.
During the investigation, the Half Street entrance to the station was closed, and trains were single tracking between Navy Yard and Anacostia.
This stabbing happened just a couple of days after another one on the Green Line. On Friday afternoon, a man was stabbed multiple times aboard a train. Police responded to L'Enfant Plaza station to investigate. The victim was taken to the hospital in serious condition. The police department also detained a person of interest at the Waterfront Station.
On the night of July 10 another stabbing was reported aboard a Green Line Metro train. It happened at Naylor Road, leaving a man injured and one person detained. At the time, this was the second violent crime aboard a Green Line train in just over a month. In May, a 17-year-old boy was shot twice in the head and killed aboard a train pulling to the Waterfront station from Navy Yard. An arrested was made in that case in June.