MARTA announces suspect in custody for Georgia State station stabbing

Passengers board a MARTA train during the evening rush hour in Atlanta, Friday, March 31, 2017. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

MARTA Police announced Monday that they have arrested a suspect in relation to a stabbing last month at Georgia State Station.

On May 24, the MARTA Police Department Communications Center received a report of a man, later identified as 40-year-old Xavier Clark, stabbed following a fight on the concourse level of Georgia State. Shortly after initiating the act of violence, the suspect fled the scene.

Weeks later, on the afternoon of June 15, members of MARTA’s Criminal Apprehension Team observed a man matching the description of the suspect at Vine City Station. The suspect was later taken into custody and identified as 36-year-old Quinton Sharp.