Unarmed LA Metro Ambassador Assaulted; Suspect Held Has Previous Arrest for Battery

The unarmed female ambassador is part of the transit system’s “human-centric” security plan.

Passengers walk in the Westlake/Macarthur Park train station in Los Angeles on March 20, 2023. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

A 30-year-old man was arrested Feb. 15 on suspicion of attacking a female Metro ambassador in Little Tokyo earlier that day.

According to LAPD’s Transit Services Division, the suspect approached the ambassador around 7:30 a.m. on the station platform, and without provocation, punched her in the face. She suffered a swollen cheek and chipped tooth, police said.