Police seek newspaper vendor in stabbing outside Metro station

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Metro officials said they are looking for a newspaper vendor who reportedly stabbed a 24-year-old man Thursday morning outside a Metro station in Maryland.

Dan Stessel, a spokesman for Metro, said the incident began around 8:37 a.m. when a man who was distributing the Express newspaper “became involved in an altercation” with another man at the Addison Road station. The altercation got physical, Stessel said, and the newspaper vendor tackled the victim and stabbed him outside the Metro entrance.

The victim was taken to an area hospital, Stessel said. He was first listed in critical condition but was upgraded to stable, Stessel said.

The vendor left the scene, officials said.

The incident was captured on security cameras and there are “multiple witnesses,” Stessel said. He said he did not know what led to the altercation. There was no impact to service on the rail system. Metro Transit Police is handling the investigation.

The Express is owned by The Washington Post.

In a statement, a Post spokesperson said, “we’re looking into exactly what happened. We are aware that an Express contractor was involved and are currently gathering more information from the police.”