CA: BART Police Arrest Suspect In MacArthur Station Stabbing

BART officials announced Monday evening that the suspect in Sunday night’s fatal stabbing that left one young woman dead and a second in the hospital was taken into custody at the Pleasant Hill BART station.

The suspect, identified earlier Monday as 27-year-old John Lee Cowell, is a transient with a history of violence. Cowell allegedly pulled out a knife at the MacArthur BART station Sunday evening and slashed Nia Wilson across the neck before stabbing her sister, Latifa Wilson, and fleeing the scene.

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