Homeless Black Guy Throws a White 62 Year Old Female Nurse Down the Steps for No Apparent Reason

A prolific offender was charged for an alleged brutal assault against a 62-year-old nurse walking out of a Seattle light rail station. Police say the suspect is homeless.

Alexander Jay, 40, is charged with second-degree assault. The King County Prosecutor’s Office (KCPO) says surveillance video shows Jay throwing the victim down a flight of stairs multiple times. The victim suffered three broken ribs and a broken clavicle.

The media doesn’t mention the accused is homeless. And even though it mattered at the time, the Seattle Times withheld the suspect’s race.

“The male who assaulted her was in the same car on the light rail train with her, facing her,” a detective writes in the probable cause certificate. “She was standing, and he was seated. They had no interaction or confrontation. He continued to pull his mask down while on the light rail, and she got a good look at his face. The cross [tattoo] on his face stood out to her, and she recognized him as the same male who later assaulted her.”

Using surveillance, Seattle police were able to track down Jay. They made an arrest the following day about a half-mile from the location of the assault. He was booked on a Department of Corrections warrant and faces arraignment on March 24.