Two slashed in fight aboard Richmond-bound train

OAKLAND >> BART recorded another episode of violence Friday night, when two people were slashed in an altercation aboard a Richmond-bound train, authorities said.

The victims, described only as males, reported the incident to police at the MacArthur BART station about 7:50 p.m., said BART spokesman Christopher Filippi.

“One suffered a laceration to the face,” Filippi said. “Another a laceration to the arm.” The injuries weren’t life-threatening, Filippi said.

The fight apparently started on a train and spilled out onto the station platform. No arrests had been made as of Saturday.

BART police closed the MacArthur station until about 8:50 p.m. to collect evidence. Warm Springs and SFO trains briefly skipped the station, but all trains had resumed normal schedules a half hour later.

Additional details about the altercation, including a description of the suspect, were not immediately available.

The altercation occurred about an hour after a vigil for 18-year-old Nia Wilson, who was stabbed to death at the station July 22. John Cowell, 27, of Concord, has been charged with her murder.

BART has seen several other violent episodes in the past month. On the same day Wilson was killed, 47-year-old Don Stevens died of injuries he suffered in an attack at the Bay Fair station in San Leandro on July 21. And an assault at the Pleasant Hill station on July 18 left a man dead. None of the cases are believed to be related.