Suspect arrested after assaulting elderly Asian woman, stabbing a good samaritan in SF

San Francisco police arrested a suspect after he allegedly assaulted a 66-year-old Asian woman and stabbed another woman who attempted to chase the man down on Tuesday.

The arrest: Javon Knighten, 27, was arrested for attempted homicide and has an outstanding warrant for battery.

Tuesday’s incident happened near Mission and Steuart Streets in San Francisco, where the elderly woman was pushed to the ground but was not seriously injured, NBC Bay Area reported.
A 31-year-old woman witnessed the assault and ran after the suspect around 12:16 p.m. She was punched and then stabbed when she followed him further. The woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

Other details: Police arrived at the scene and arrested Knighten after other witnesses in the area pointed him out.

“I remembered the backpack,” Gary, who owns a shop in the area, said. “He started walking up Spear Street. Then I flagged down an officer in an SUV and I told him, ‘There he is. There’s the guy.'”
SFPD is investigating hate crime elements in the case.
“This crime, along with every other crime that we investigate, we look into that aspect if there is a hate related bias to that motivation,” Officer Robert Rueca told ABC7 News.
A local Asian American group is also reportedly digging into the incident.

Featured Image via NBC Bay Area

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