Police seek man suspected of pepper spraying train riders


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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City transit authorities are looking for a man suspected of boarding a train while armed with a knife and spraying passengers with pepper spray.

KUTV-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1INmPtO) three TRAX train passengers were sprayed Thursday night by a man Utah Transit Authority Lt. Gary McGrath says is in his mid-50s and was wearing a grey hoodie, olive shorts and a hat with the Oakland A's logo on it.

McGrath said the suspect ran from the stop at Gallivan Plaza. Police are reviewing surveillance video and processing a pepper spray can found on the train.

One passenger required medical attention. No one else was hurt.

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Information from: KUTV-TV, http://www.kutv.com/

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