[URBAN NOTE] "TTC operator slashed with 'edged weapon' at Eglinton station"

[rfmcdonald]

CBC reports on a sad crime committed at Eglinton station. I only hope the person responsible will be apprehended soon.

A Toronto Transit Commission bus driver was slashed with an "edged weapon" at Eglinton station after leaving a washroom early Saturday.

Const. David Hopkinson, spokesperson for the Toronto police, said the TTC operator was cut by a man when he exited a bathroom, he tried to defend himself, and protective gear he was wearing took the brunt of the edged weapon.

The assailant pulled a silver handgun on the operator, who was forced back into the bathroom. The operator then locked the bathroom door and the assailant fled on foot.

The assailant is described as a white man, about six feet tall, 180 lbs, with shaggy, short brown hair and scruffy facial hair. He was wearing a black hoodie.