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The fatal stabbing of Nia Wilson, 18 and injuring her older sister at an Oakland BART station on Sunday night. Police have now arrested the man believed to have committed these heinous acts according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Yesterday, July 23 the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Police Department released pictures of the suspect from surveillance video from the night of the stabbing. The tip from a train passenger led police to the arrest of 27-year-old, John Lee Cowell, Monday evening.

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In a press conference yesterday afternoon, BART Police Chief Carlos Rojas referred to the fatally stabbing as a “prison-style attack” that was among “the most vicious” he had ever seen in 30 years of experience.

Letifah Wilson, 26, who was stabbed in the neck but survived the stabbing, described Cowell’s demeanor immediately following the attack to ABC 7 News.

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According to The Washington Post, the Wilson sisters did not usually ride the BART train, but decided to take it that night on the way home from a family gathering.

Wilson’s mother, Alicia Grayson, told the East Bay Times that Nia didn’t like the BART.

“She was scared of the BART,” Grayson said through tears. “Now I see why.”

Protesters in the Bay area have come together to pay tribute to Nia and to demand justice for her senseless death. The racial dynamic of the killing has been easy to detect, Cowell a young white man, selecting two young black women to prey upon—wasn’t missed by many.

Oakland’s mayor offered condolences to Nia and Latifa’s parents.

“The senseless and violent stabbing of two young women on a BART train platform last night has shaken our community,” Mayor Libby Schaaf said in a statement. “Every parent who saw the father of Nia Wilson grieve for his daughter is heartbroken by this horrific act.”

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