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Atlanta, GA (WGCL) — MARTA police have identified the man who allegedly pushed a woman onto the tracks at the Midtown MARTA Station Sunday, prompting a chaotic scene that ended with the woman’s daughter critically wounded.
Police identified the suspect as Christopher Patrick Brooklin, 28. He is charged with aggravated assault and battery in a public transit station.
Witnesses told CBS46 the man was behaving erratically.
“We were downstairs, and a man just started punching people like just going crazy,” said Aiesha Bowden, a witness.
Police said the man pushed the 58-year-old mother onto the tracks. The woman’s 27-year-old daughter jumped onto the tracks to try to help her mother. As of now, police don’t have a motive and said the incident appeared to be random.
“Everybody was trying to pull them up, but it was too late because the train was coming,” said Bowden. “The train was already coming, and in the process of everybody trying to pull them out, it was just too late. The train was going too fast.”
The daughter remains in critical condition at an area hospital, said Cpl. Brian Lauda of the MARTA Police Department.
Lauda did not release the names of the mother and daughter. He said the mother was treated for her injuries and released. Police believe she was not hit by the train. Police continue to review surveillance video that they are not releasing at this time.
Police said bystanders were extremely helpful and alerted a MARTA police officer who was at the station. The officer was able to take the suspect into custody within 90 seconds of the incident.
Brooklin is currently being held in Fulton County Jail.
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