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Woman stabbed, hurt Friday at Potomac Avenue Metro Station in D.C.

A man is in custody, Metro said Friday night

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Updated June 30, 2023 at 10:49 p.m. EDT|Published June 30, 2023 at 1:33 p.m. EDT
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A woman was stabbed Friday at the Potomac Avenue Metro station during an apparent attempt to rob her, Metro said.

The woman suffered non-life-threatening wounds after a man attacked her around noon on an escalator, said Metro spokesman Ian Jannetta.

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Metro authorities think the same man robbed someone June 24 at the Eastern Market Station, which is also on Capitol Hill, according to Jannetta.

Metro police said Friday night that a man has been taken into custody in connection with Friday’s stabbing and the June 24 robbery. It was not clear if he has been charged formally in either incident.

D.C. police to boost patrols at Metro stations after shooting rampage

Crime this year in the Metro system, as of May, was far above the level of the same time last year, according to Transit Police statistics. The numbers include crimes on buses, trains, in station parking lots and at other Metro facilities.

Robberies were up by more than 125 percent and aggravated assaults by more than 25 percent. In May, a man was killed aboard a train pulling into D.C.’s Waterfront station, and a teenager was fatally shot on a Metro platform in Wheaton, Md.

Inside the Potomac Avenue Station in February, a 64-year-old Metro employee was fatally shot when he tried to stop a gunman targeting commuters. Soon after, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announced plans to boost police patrols at Metro stations.

Jannetta said Friday that Metro has “boosted patrols” with special police officers at Potomac Avenue.

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