Male suspect stabs woman with a box cutter on BART train, officials say

BART passengers faced delays Friday morning due to a stabbing, BART officials say. BART passengers faced delays Friday morning due to a stabbing, BART officials say. Photo: Mike Moffitt/SFGATE Photo: Mike Moffitt/SFGATE Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Male suspect stabs woman with a box cutter on BART train, officials say 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

A woman is suffering from a non-life-threatening injury after a male suspect with a box cutter stabbed her Friday morning, officials say. The suspect is in police custody.

BART police received a call at about 9:45 a.m. of a "disruptive passenger on a train at Montgomery Station making threats and carrying a weapon," says BART spokesperson Chris Filippi.

The train was stopped in West Oakland at 9:53 a.m. and responding officers discovered the suspect had a box cutter and had injured a woman.

"An adult female on the train suffered a cut to her left hand," says Filippi. "Her injury is not believed to be life threatening."

The suspect refused orders and police used tasers in an attempt to arrest him.

" The suspect was still uncooperative even after being tazed so officers used a wrap to control him," says Filippi.

The suspect is in BART custody and will be given a psychiatric evaluation. Police recovered the box cutter.

Amy Graff is a digital editor with SFGATE. Email her at agraff@sfgate.com.