SEPTA Transit Police on Thursday arrested the suspect in the fatal stabbing of a 22-year-old Camden County man that occurred during the Wednesday evening rush at the 8th Street Station on the Market-Frankford Line in Center City, according to reports from The Philadelphia Inquirer and NBC10.
, Acting Transit Police Chief Charles Lawson said in a statement that the suspect, who was not immediately identified, was arrested around 5 p.m. at the Second Street Station.
Known to frequent the Market-Frankford Line, a man matching the suspect’s description had been spotted through SEPTA’s video surveillance system at several other stations and police tracked him down at Second Street, Lawson said.The suspect was taken to the Philadelphia Police homicide division for investigation and questioning.
The suspect is believed to be the man who stabbed Christian Rios, of Gloucester City, New Jersey. Rios was on a platform accompanied by a woman when he became involved in a verbal altercation with the suspect just before 5:50 p.m. Wednesday andHe was rushed by police to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 6:27 p.m.
Police don’t know if Rios knew his attacker or what the motive for the stabbing was. Additionally, the woman that was with Rios was not injured and is working with investigators at this time, according to police, according to
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