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MARTA Police Seek Assault Suspect, Charge Man for Train Stabbing

6/6/2026

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MARTA Police are seeking a Black suspect in a plaid shirt and tan sneakers for an aggravated assault at the Georgia State MARTA Station on May 24, labeling him armed and dangerous.
Prosecutors charged 25-year-old John Elijah Matthews of Decatur with the fatal stabbing of Margaret Swan on a MARTA train on May 30.
Matthews, arrested at Oakland City Station after the train stopped, is under investigation by the FBI and MARTA Police.

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Story summary

MARTA Police are seeking a Black suspect in a plaid shirt and tan sneakers for an aggravated assault at the Georgia State MARTA Station on May 24, labeling him armed and dangerous.
Prosecutors charged 25-year-old John Elijah Matthews of Decatur with the fatal stabbing of Margaret Swan on a MARTA train on May 30.
Matthews, arrested at Oakland City Station after the train stopped, is under investigation by the FBI and MARTA Police.