![]() ![]() John Lee Cowell, from a recent interaction with BART Police as recorded on an officer's body cam video (L) and surveillance image from the night of the stabbing. Investigators said the suspect was in the same train car as the sisters when it arrived at the station. "There was a pair of women who were getting off the train and they were randomly attacked by a suspect who then ran downstairs and fled the station."Īllison said police had train and station video that captured an image of the attacker and were in the process of hunting for the man. Her dad going crazy (at the BART) and everyone was calling me asking me if it was true."īART spokesman Jim Allison said the incident took place as a six-car train that started in Richmond and was bound for Warm Springs rolled into the MacArthur station. "Nobody from Alameda County coroner, the hospital, the BART - nobody called me," she said. Greyson said she found out about her daughter's death from the girl's father and television news reports. She was always saying, 'Mama, I'm scared of BART.'" This man just came up and did all this to my baby," she added. She was less than 100 pounds soaking wet. ![]() "You all (BART police) said you were going to have people there and you didn't do it." ![]() "My kid was not safe there," said Nia Wilson's mother Alicia Greyson in an exclusive interview with KPIX 5. Our family needs prayer, we need support."Įarlier, family members questioned BART's security at the station, particularly in light of other violent crimes on the BART transit lines and in stations over the last several months. We don't need us to break down right now and act crazy and tear up our city, or do anything that's crazy right now. Let's find out the right facts so they'll be able to deal with the situation. Let's get this information and find out what really happened. But we're asking the African American community to stand down right now. "We don't know if this was racist, we don't know if it was random, we don't know what it was. "We need the community, especially the African American community, to stand down right now," said Nia Wilson's godfather, Daryle Allums. "But should that be the case, we will pursue the appropriate hate crimes if they're applicable."Īlso at Monday's press conference, a family member urged the community not to jump to conclusions about the motive for the attack. "I know there's been a lot of conversation on social media regarding that, but I don't have one piece of evidence that would suggest this is race-related," said Rojas. Rojas acknowledged the growing outrage on social media over a possible racial element to the attack but cautioned that investigators have not yet established a motive. The murder weapon, a knife, was recovered at an adjacent construction site. "In my close-to-30-years experience, probably one of the most vicious attacks I have seen," said Rojas.Īfter the attack the suspect fled through the parking lot and removed some of his clothes, said Rojas. ![]()
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