Chief
06-21-2008, 04:07 PM
http://www.katu.com/news/20602934.html
PORTLAND, Ore. - Police are looking for a suspect after a man was attacked at a MAX station Thursday night.
The victim, who said his name was Steve but did not reveal his last name, said he was on the train at about 11:15 p.m. when he noticed a white male swearing and behaving erratically inside the same train car he was on.
Steve said he was in town on business and is not a Portland resident. He left for home Friday morning. He did not say where he lived.
Steve told KATU News in an exclusive interview that the suspect in the random, unprovoked attack accused him of being a "racist bastard" while both of them were on the train. Both Steve and his attacker are white.
Steve said that when he got off the train, the suspect came at him with a large, metal U-shaped bike lock, struck him several times in the head and then ran off. He said the suspect, while not a large person, was "pretty strong."
He described the suspect as a young white male with long blond hair and about 5 foot 6 inches to 5 foot 8 inches tall. Steve also said that while on the train before the attack, he overheard that the man was a dishwasher.
The incident took place at the North Prescott Street station, the same location as another recent incident that left a woman injured after she was set upon by a group of teens after she stepped in to protect another rider.
**SCHNIPP**
There just doesn't seem to be any end to these attacks on the Max trains, nor does Trimet appear to be able to do anything effective about it.
Ongoing...
PORTLAND, Ore. - Police are looking for a suspect after a man was attacked at a MAX station Thursday night.
The victim, who said his name was Steve but did not reveal his last name, said he was on the train at about 11:15 p.m. when he noticed a white male swearing and behaving erratically inside the same train car he was on.
Steve said he was in town on business and is not a Portland resident. He left for home Friday morning. He did not say where he lived.
Steve told KATU News in an exclusive interview that the suspect in the random, unprovoked attack accused him of being a "racist bastard" while both of them were on the train. Both Steve and his attacker are white.
Steve said that when he got off the train, the suspect came at him with a large, metal U-shaped bike lock, struck him several times in the head and then ran off. He said the suspect, while not a large person, was "pretty strong."
He described the suspect as a young white male with long blond hair and about 5 foot 6 inches to 5 foot 8 inches tall. Steve also said that while on the train before the attack, he overheard that the man was a dishwasher.
The incident took place at the North Prescott Street station, the same location as another recent incident that left a woman injured after she was set upon by a group of teens after she stepped in to protect another rider.
**SCHNIPP**
There just doesn't seem to be any end to these attacks on the Max trains, nor does Trimet appear to be able to do anything effective about it.
Ongoing...