A TTC employee and a customer have been charged after they allegedly stabbed each other at a downtown subway station last week.
Toronto police said a call came in for a stabbing at TMU Station, formerly named Dundas Station, on the afternoon of Nov. 26.
Police initially told reporters that only a TTC employee was stabbed and that a male was subsequently arrested.
TTC stabbing Toronto police are on the scene of a stabbing at Dundas Station downtown on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 205.
However, in a news release on Saturday, investigators provided more details about what allegedly transpired.
They said it began with a verbal altercation between a female TTC employee and a male customer near the fare wickets inside the station.
The two assaulted each other, and a TTC employee allegedly ended up stabbing the customer with a knife.
They were then separated, but police allege the customer returned and stabbed the TTC employee with a knife.
Both were later taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Police said the two were not known to each other.
The customer, who police identified as 42-year-old Gregory Benard, was arrested that same day and charged with three counts of assault and one count each of carrying a concealed weapon, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, assault with a weapon and aggravated assault.
The TTC employee, identified as 40-year-old Rushell Tucker, was arrested on Friday as a result of the investigation.
She has been charged with carrying a concealed weapon, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, assault with a weapon and aggravated assault and obstructing police.
In a statement, the TTC said it was aware of the charges but won’t comment further as the matter is now before the courts.