Full Notification

On Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at approximately 3 p.m., Transit Policing Division – Central Operations Bureau deputies located an individual, in the area where the stabbing had occurred, matching the physical and clothing description of the primary suspect of a murder that occurred on a Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus. 

The individual, 43-year-old Allen Jay Milton, was detained and transported to East Los Angeles Station for questioning by Homicide detectives.

He was later arrested and booked for Murder and is being held in lieu of $1,000, 000 bail.

The suspect’s booking photo is not being released at this time.  

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), or texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.

TRANSIT POLICING DIVISION CHIEF’S STATEMENT:

The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department - Transit Policing Division provides police services to all of Metro’s buses, trains, and properties. The Division is led by Chief Ronene Anda.  Chief Anda states, “Metro’s system is not only very safe, it is equipped to help catch those who commit crimes on Metro property.  Metro provides well over a million rides on any given weekday, with about four part one crimes per million boardings.  But for those who commit these crimes, including one as heinous as this, between the partnership between LASD Transit, Metro, and the utilization of safety technologies, you will be caught and prosecuted.”

QUOTE FROM THE METRO SAFETY DIRECTOR:

"The prompt arrest of one of the three suspects in the bus stabbing on Monday night was made possible thanks to the images captured by the video cameras inside the bus, and the work of the LASD Transit Policing deputies and Homicide detectives." said Metro Safety Director Alex Wiggins.

Written and Forwarded By:

Sara Rodriguez, Deputy

Sheriff’s Information Bureau – Newsroom

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department

Hall of Justice - First floor

211 W. Temple St, Los Angeles, CA 90012

213-229-1700
 

**Bulletin Attached**

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Homicide detectives are asking for the public's assistance and are seeking information regarding the stabbing death of a man that occurred on Monday, November 9, 2015. The incident occurred on bus line 81 at the intersection of North Figueroa Street and Meridian Street, Los Angeles.

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), or texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.

Written by:

Deputy Mike Barraza

Deputy Kelvin Moody

Sheriff’s Information Bureau – Newsroom

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department

Hall of Justice - First floor

211 W. Temple St, Los Angeles, CA 90012

213-229-1700
 

***Updated Press Release***

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide detectives continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the stabbing death of a man that occurred on Monday, November 9, 2015, at North Figueroa Street and Meridian Street, in the Highland Park area of Los Angeles.

Detectives have learned that three male Hispanic suspects entered bus line 81 at 57^th Avenue and Figueroa Street, Los Angeles. They then walked to the back of the bus where they began to argue with the victim. During the argument, one of the suspects produced a knife and stabbed the victim in the chest. When the bus came to a stop at the intersection of North Figueroa Street and Meridian Street, Los Angeles, the suspects immediately exited and fled westbound on Meridian Street.

The victim, a male Hispanic adult, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The investigation is still on-going.

There is no further information available at this time.

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), or texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.

Written by:

Deputy Mike Barraza

Deputy Kelvin Moody

Sheriff’s Information Bureau – Newsroom

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department

Hall of Justice - First floor

211 W. Temple St, Los Angeles, CA 90012

213-229-1700
 

****Original Press Release****

DATE: Monday, November 9, 2015

TIME: 10:40 PM

LOCATION: North Figueroa Street/Meridian Street, Los Angeles

VICTIM: Male Hispanic Adult

UNIT: Homicide Bureau – Lieutenant Hernandez

NARRATIVE:

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide detectives are responding to the area of North Figueroa Street and Meridian Street, Los Angeles, to investigate the circumstances surrounding the stabbing death of a man. The incident occurred shortly before 10:40 PM on Monday, November 9, 2015.

The victim, a male Hispanic adult, was pronounced dead at the scene.

There is no further information available at this time.

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), or texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.

Written by:

Deputy Mike Barraza

Deputy Kelvin Moody

Sheriff’s Information Bureau – Newsroom

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department

Hall of Justice - First floor

211 W. Temple St, Los Angeles, CA 90012

213-229-1700
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