Union Station Rampage Leaves Trail Of Destruction

LOS ANGELES, CA — Police arrested a man who allegedly went on an early-morning rampage around Union Station Wednesday leaving a trail of damaged cars and injuries.

It all started at about 4:30 a.m. outside Union Station, said LAPD Officer Sal Ramirez. According to police, a man in his 30s smashed through the windows of two LAPD patrol cars parked outside the train station. He stole items from inside the units and then broke into a private vehicle and stole a bladed weapon, Ramirez added.

That's when a Metro security guard tried to stop him, using pepper spray. But the suspect got away and then stole a Metro security vehicle and drove out of the lot only to crash the car on nearby Vignes Street, Ramirez said.

A man in his 30s was arrested Wednesday for an alleged early morning rampage around Union Station in which a security guard was hurt, police cars were damaged and a Metro vehicle was stolen and crashed, according to Los Angeles police. The suspect then returned to the station on foot, where on the Patsaouras Plaza side, he struck the security guard in the head with the bladed weapon, Ramirez said.

The man then fled to the nearby Amtrak train tracks, where he was subdued and arrested by LAPD officers, Ramirez said. The security guard was taken to a hospital for treatment of what were described as non-life- threatening injuries.

The suspect, whose name was not immediately released, was booked on suspicion of attempted murder, Ramirez said.

City News Service and Patch Staffer Paige Austin contributed to this report. Photo: Shutterstock