LOS ANGELES (AP) - A man has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of a Los Angeles subway rider.
A Los Angeles County district attorney’s statement says 24-year-old Angelo Correa was charged Tuesday with one count of murder with the special allegation that he personally used a deadly weapon.
Thirty-three-year-old Los Angeles resident Jose Velasco-Alvarado was killed Jan. 13 after a brief verbal exchange with his assailant, an incident captured by a security camera on the Metro Red Line train as it traveled near Hollywood.
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Prosecutors said Correa walked away after the argument before turning around, walking back and fatally stabbing Velasco-Alvarado.
Correa was arrested Friday after a search of his North Hollywood home.
He was scheduled to be arraigned on Wednesday. It’s not clear whether he’s hired an attorney.
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