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BART PD arrests suspect in Saturday, November 2 stabbing aboard a train
(November 3, 3:20pm update)
BART Police have arrested the suspect wanted in connection with a stabbing that occurred Saturday morning aboard an Antioch-bound train as it approached 24th Street/Mission Station. 34-year-old Jovany Portades was spotted by an alert Station Agent at Fruitvale Station Sunday at around 2pm. The Station Agent contacted BART Police who arrested the suspect without incident.
(November 3, 11am update)
BART Police investigators have identified the suspect wanted in connection with a stabbing that occured aboard an Antioch-bound train Saturday morning as it approached 24th Street/Mission Station. The suspect is 34-year-old Jovany Portades. One of BART's more than 4,000 surveillance cameras caught an initial iamge of suspect, which helped investigators to identify Portades.
Anyone with information can call the BART Police Investigations anonymous tip line at (510) 464-7011. For urgent matters, call (510) 464-7000 or 9-1-1. Portades should be considered dangerous and members of the public should not approach him.
BART Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect in an assault on a train this morning.
The suspect is described as a possible Asian male, standing 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing 160 pounds, with black braided hair wrapped in a knot on top of his head, a mustache, wearing a plain black jacket with orange liner, a black shirt with a large white logo, gray and black cargo style pants, brown and black boots, and carrying a black duffle bag. Investigators have released photos captured by one of BART’s more than 4,000 surveillance cameras.
The man is suspected of stabbing a 54-year-old woman in an unprovoked attack at about 8:10 a.m. aboard an Antioch-bound train as it approached 24th St./Mission Station.
The victim offboarded the train at 24th St./Mission Station and was assisted by a Station Agent until BART Police Officers arrived on the scene. The victim was transported to the hospital with serious injuries.
BART closed the 24th St/Mission Station from about 8:40 to 9:25 am to collect evidence.
Anyone with information can call the BART Police Investigations anonymous tip line at (510) 464-7011. For urgent matters, call (510) 464-7000 or 9-1-1.
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