Brent Meldeau was attacked by a man with a machete in the parking lot of the Chatsworth Metro station. He said the station isn't kept safe, considering a large homeless encampment several hundred feet from the parking lot.
station is suing the group, saying Metro failed to keep the area safe, as a massive homeless encampment sits feet from the station.Metro station on March 2 around 6:45 p.m., just after sunset, when he said he was attacked. According to the police report provided by Meldeau's attorneys, Meldeau was approached by a man from the encampment, who threatened him with a machete before swinging at him.
You don't know how bad your face is when you get hit with a machete," Meldeau said. "I thought my face was like hanging off." Meldeau said he stumbled up and ran to the Ralph's across the street. He sd he "saw him in the distance waving the machete going ‘You want some more?’ and I was like ‘Oh my gosh this guy is not done yet.’"Meldeau's claim alleges that Metro failed "to safeguard the metro station's parking lot situated several yards from a large homeless encampment.
LAPD records show calls there have been more than a dozen calls to the area this year alone, for everything from assaults, to disturbances, even a dead body. Less than a month before Meldeau was attacked, LAPD records show another person was attacked, and injured enough to require an ambulance. The issues are not unique to the Chatsworth station. FOX 11 has reported at least three attacks at or near Metro stations or trains this month alone, including a
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