Seattle: Man shoving a passenger as a light rail train approaches at the Northgate station


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SEATTLE — A 26-year-old man has been charged with attempted second-degree murder after prosecutors say he tried to push a stranger in front of an oncoming light rail train at North Seattle's Northgate light rail station.

Elisio Melendez is accused of attacking a man on Mar. 19 at the Northgate light rail station, according to charging documents filed in King County Superior Court.

Prosecutors allege Melendez approached the victim from behind as a train entered the station and attempted to shove him onto the tracks.

The victim was able to regain his balance and avoid falling, despite being pushed twice, court records state.

Surveillance footage cited in the documents shows the suspect appeared to time the attack to coincide with the train’s arrival, “making it clear that his goal was to inflict maximum harm,” prosecutors wrote.

Melendez fled the station after the incident, authorities said. Investigators later identified him through video footage and located him at a nearby residential treatment facility, where he was arrested on March 24.

During an interview with detectives, Melendez denied involvement, suggesting someone else may have been wearing his clothes, according to the probable cause statement. When confronted by investigators about the incident, Melendez reportedly said, "Maybe that was my twin that I don’t have.”

Prosecutors have asked that bail be set at $750,000, citing concerns that Melendez poses a danger to the public and may fail to appear in court.

Court records indicate Melendez has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and has a documented history of mental health treatment. He previously faced a 2019 domestic violence assault charge involving an alleged incident where his sister was stabbed in the stomach, though that case was eventually dismissed two years later in 2021 after Melendez was found not competent to stand trial. He also has an outstanding warrant in a separate misdemeanor assault case where he allegedly punched a woman at church unprovoked in 2018, prosecutors said.
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0 +1 Jessica-nl 2 weeks ago

Melendez..., typical name in the states..., and Seattle..., isn't that a demorat runned, defund the police city?
Well, well, well, you'll get what you're voting for. :devil:

1 +1 Lemmiwinks 2 weeks ago

Thank god that man didn’t die bc that criminal would NOT have been jailed considering his mental illness

10 +1 oroboros 2 weeks ago

Clearly, he is an intractable psychopath who needs to be removed from society for the rest of his life.

5 +1 kma8675309 2 weeks ago

Then WHO keeps letting him out of a "treatment" facility? The liberals that's who!
Lock these whack-a-doodles up!

Court records indicate Melendez has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and has a documented history of mental health treatment.

13 +1 Galaga 2 weeks ago

get off your phone and look around

0 +1 Zatoichi 5 days ago

@Galaga Preach

10 +1 AryanLegend 2 weeks ago

Fking Niga

12 +1 MatchboxxCar 2 weeks ago

Why did the african american gentleman try to kill the white gentleman?
yo, cuz he wite.

4 +1 Galaga 2 weeks ago

@MatchboxxCar no, it was because he's black

12 +1 A20FtPancake 2 weeks ago

I would've tried to catch him and snap his neck.

23 +1 Frontkjemper 2 weeks ago

They are low iq soulless demonic creatures and must be dealt with. The US is only for White people, Nationality Act of 1790

1 +1 Epicfrog 2 weeks ago

@Frontkjemper wrong it belongs to the native humans and more then that it belongs to the wild life / plant life that are there before you and you should not lie and think you rule nature there nor any place else your kin where kicked out of the uk long ago you are a british person a crazy one at that and white is the wrong name too

1 +1 Epicfrog 2 weeks ago

@Frontkjemper and your silly paper and acts / false laws and rules don`t mean nothing

0 +1 Zatoichi 5 days ago

@Epicfrog Military and police backing it up, says it does, the way you talk only becomes relevant if a fucking meteor hits and that's out of anyone's hands, retard

3 +1 tommix1 2 weeks ago

Sidestepping him and watching him come apart under the train would cause me to have a Druid fascination. With that one eyebrow up thing like Spock.

3 +1 elgringodecuba 2 weeks ago

Euthanasy

14 +1 YOLO_ 2 weeks ago

this is why i carry.

13 +1 sirmrmikey 2 weeks ago

He's only done 2 serious life threatning crimes, give himea chance to at least kill someone so he can get locked up for a couple months. Scum like that should be shot, no questions asked.

13 +1 f...liberals 2 weeks ago

Hang the nuisance!!

21 +1 Mowki 2 weeks ago

give me 10 minutes alone with this pussy and he will never harm any human again.

7 +1 Bellybutton 2 weeks ago

Build many insane asylums pack em to the rafters!
Then…..chain the doors and set em on fire!

14 +1 Mob Rules 2 weeks ago

Bash his brains in