Passenger stabbed on 5-Fulton Owl bus in the Western Addition; suspect fled
Police are looking for the attacker after a rider was stabbed about 1:10 a.m. Monday near Laguna and McAllister. The victim's injuries are not considered life-threatening.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 1 min read
A BART Fleet of the Future train at Coliseum station. Photo: Insightwm / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped, resized and color-graded). Archive photo of the area; not a photo of the events in this story.
A passenger was stabbed early Monday on a Muni 5-Fulton Owl bus near Laguna and McAllister streets in the Western Addition.
SFPD officers arrived at about 1:13 a.m., found the victim with multiple stab wounds and gave aid until medics arrived. An ambulance took the victim to Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital at about 1:26 a.m. The attacker had already left the bus. Police searched the area but made no arrest and have not released a description.
SFMTA spokesperson Erica Kato said the agency was "grateful that the victim's injuries are reported to be non-life-threatening." A rider was also slashed on a 14-Mission bus on Sept. 23; police arrested a suspect in that case. The SFMTA says police-investigated aggravated assaults on Muni fell from 1,089 in 2019 to 307 through July 2026, a drop of almost 72%.
Tips can go to the SFPD tip line or by text to TIP411, starting the message with "SFPD."
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A passenger was stabbed on a 5 Fulton Owl bus near Laguna and McAllister streets around 1:13 a.m. Monday. The attacker fled before police arrived, and no arrest or suspect description has been released.
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