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Wed Dec 2, 2020, 10:20 AM Dec 2020

Court Docs: Metro Station Manager Beat Coworker for Helping Customer

A Metro station manager beat a coworker unconscious for helping a customer, according to new court documents



Court Docs: Metro Station Manager Beat Coworker for Helping Customer
ARLnow.com | December 1, 2020 at 2:15pm

A Metro employee beat a coworker unconscious at the Pentagon station in 2017, after becoming enraged because the victim helped a rider, according to recent court filings about a previously-reported incident.

The day after the March 8, 2017 incident, it was reported by the Washington Post and other local outlets that a station manager assaulted a fare technician, who was “taken to the hospital and evaluated, but was not admitted and did not have visible injuries.” The station manager was arrested, though few other details were released and no motive given.

New information about the attack came to light as a result of a federal lawsuit filed by the victim, as relayed by the Twitter account @unsuckdcmetro, suggesting that the attack was more serious than first reported — and the result of an unusual workplace dispute.

Court filings detail what happened that day between the fare technician, Teshome Workagegnehu, and the station manager, Martin Van Buren.

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