BART passenger zaps man in seat fight

Police say Zachary McCabe attacked a man who tried to sit down on BART. Police say Zachary McCabe attacked a man who tried to sit down on BART. Photo: BART Police Photo: BART Police Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close BART passenger zaps man in seat fight 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

A woman used a stun gun Wednesday to break up a fight over a seat aboard a BART train, police said.

Zachary McCabe, 30, was "laying across a couple seats" on the packed, San Francisco-bound train between the Concord and Pleasant Hill stations when a 62-year-old man tried to sit down about 7:50 a.m., said BART Deputy Police Chief Ben Fairow.

The two men got into an argument, and McCabe attacked the other man, whose name was not released, police said.

Several passengers came to the victim's aid as the train pulled into the Pleasant Hill station, including a woman who pulled out a stun gun and zapped McCabe, Fairow said.

McCabe was treated at a hospital for minor injuries before being booked at Contra Costa County Jail in Martinez on a count of battery on a transit passenger.

The name of the woman who used the stun gun was not released. She won't face charges because "this is a case of our patrons looking out for one another and taking care of each other," Fairow said.

He added, "While getting physically involved like this has its risks - and I'm very thankful that nobody else was hurt - we always encourage everybody to be a good witness, to call the police when we're needed, (and) let us take care of the physical aspects of these types of incidents."