{"id":341563,"date":"2026-06-01T16:12:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T16:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/341563\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T16:12:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T16:12:25","slug":"suspect-and-victim-identified-in-deadly-stabbing-on-marta-train-at-oakland-city-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/341563\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect and victim identified in deadly stabbing on MARTA train at Oakland City Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Officials have identified the 25-year-old suspect and the 66-year-old victim in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/atlanta\/news\/woman-fatally-stabbed-on-marta-train-at-oakland-city-station-suspect-arrested\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">deadly stabbing on a MARTA train<\/a> at Oakland City Station over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>John Elijah Matthews is now facing a murder charge for the death of Margaret Swan.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators say they believe the stabbing, which happened around noon on May 30, was a &#8220;senseless act of violence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Authorities with the MARTA Police Department say that officers responded to the train after receiving reports of the stabbing and took Matthews into custody immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the best efforts of the officers and emergency medical services, Swan died at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our thoughts are with the victim&#8217;s loved ones and those who witnessed this horrific incident,&#8221; MARTA said in a statement. &#8220;We understand the concern and fear incidents like this can cause for those who ride and work on the MARTA system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With recent acts of violence on the transit system, MARTA said they &#8220;understand the concern and fear&#8221; riders may have, but offered assurance that its officers &#8220;remain committed to the safety and security of our riders and employees.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The investigation into the stabbing remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Officials have identified the 25-year-old suspect and the 66-year-old victim in a deadly stabbing on a MARTA train&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341564,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[13506,723,24296,143,145,144,1878],"class_list":["post-341563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-atlanta","tag-crime","tag-deadly-stabbing","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-stabbing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}