BALTIMORE (AP) - Police have arrested a man suspected of assaulting an on-duty Maryland Transit Administration police officer, leaving the officer unconscious near a subway station in Baltimore.
The Baltimore Sun reports that the officer was taken to a local hospital after Friday’s attack to be treated for injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening.
MTA spokeswoman Veronica Battisti said police arrested a suspect, 32-year-old Shaka Admed Sekuo Kamara Jr., in the assault at the Upton Metro Station.
City Council President Brandon Scott tweeted Friday that police notified him of the incident. “The person who did this is a coward and must be brought to justice,” he wrote.
The assault occurred day after an on-duty MTA bus driver, 51-year-old Marcus Parks, was fatally shot in Baltimore. Police announced the arrests of two suspects in the shooting on Friday.
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