A suspect has been arrested in the fatal stabbing of a man aboard a Metro train in downtown Los Angeles.
The suspect, identified as Randy Nash, was arrested Saturday around 9:13 p.m. in the 1000 block of W. 85th Street in South L.A., according to LAPD.Nash was booked for murder and his bail was set at $2 million.
Police say the stabbing occurred around 5:20 p.m. Thursday while the suspect and the victim were aboard the subway train. The suspect pulled out a knife and "without warning or provocation" stabbed the victim -- identified as Jesse Rodriguez -- in the upper torso, the Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement Friday.
Police said Transit Services Division officers who were at the Pershing Square Station rendered aid to Rodriguez until paramedics arrived.City News Service contributed to this report.