Suspect stabs Metro bus rider near North Hollywood station

The Los Angeles Police Department detained a suspect near the North Hollywood Metro station after the person allegedly stabbed another bus rider on Wednesday afternoon. 

The stabbing happened at roughly 12:15 p.m. on the Metro G Line shortly after the bus left the station. Metro staff said officers immediately apprehended the person. The LAPD initially reported that the suspect was a woman, but later updated that the person was actually a man. 

Officers said the victim, a man in his 30s, was taken to the hospital in a critical condition. 

"Metro extends its sympathies to the victim," LA Metro said in a statement. 

Staff urged anyone with additional information to call LA Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477 or visit their website lacrimestoppers.org.