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Woman Attacked With Box Cutter On RTD Bus

DENVER (CBS4) - Denver police are searching for a man armed with a stun gun and box cutter who slashed a woman on a Regional Transportation District bus.

The attack happened on an RTD bus driving down East Colfax Avenue near Fillmore Street Thursday at approximately 1:43 p.m.

RTD bus attack  suspect pic from crimestoppers
An image of the suspect (credit: Denver Police Department)
RTD bus attack suspect pic 2 from crimestoppers
An image of the suspect (credit: Denver Police Department)

The man got off the bus and ran down an alley. He's described as a dark complexioned black male in his late 30s to early 50s, 5-foot-11 to 6 feet tall. He has a skinny build, brown eyes, black goatee, facial stubble. He was wearing a blue hat over a red bandana, blue sleeveless jacket over a black jacket, red shirt, blue jeans, and carrying an army surplus style green shoulder bag.

Anyone with information is asked to call Denver police at (720) 913-2000. Remain anonymous and call Crime Stoppers at (720) 913-STOP (7867). Text to CRIMES (274637) then title DMCS and enter the message or send an e-mail to metro-denvercrimestoppers.com.

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