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2 stabbed on Red Line platform in DC

Two people are in the hospital after a stabbing at Metro’s Metro Center station in downtown D.C. (WTOP/Anna-Lysa Gayle)

Two people are in the hospital after a stabbing Tuesday afternoon at Metro’s Metro Center station in downtown D.C.

Metro Transit police say it happened just before 3:30 p.m. on the station’s Red Line platform.

“The incident occurred after an apparent verbal confrontation between the victims and the suspect on the platform,” according to a statement from WMATA.

The attack, police said, left a male victim unconscious and not breathing. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition. A woman also suffered a non-life-threatening wound. She was taken to the hospital for treatment and was later released.



Police are still searching for a suspect.

For a time, the attack forced Glenmont-bound Red Line trains to bypass Metro Center during the investigation.

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