BART Stabbing Victim ID'd, Was Good Samaritan

HAYWARD, CA — A man who was fatally stabbed in a fight on a BART train at the transit agency's South Hayward station Tuesday afternoon was identified by the Alameda County coroner's bureau on Wednesday as 49-year-old Oliver Williams of Oakland.

Earlier Wednesday, BART identified the suspect as 39-year-old Jermaine Jeremiah Brim of Sacramento, who was arrested in connection with the stabbing shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday on a Warm Springs-bound train.

BART said in a news release that it appears that Brim and Williams got into a physical confrontation after Brim tried to steal shoes from another passenger who apparently was asleep and Williams intervened when he saw the attempted theft.

Williams took out a knife during his confrontation with Brim, but Brim was able to control the knife and allegedly used it to stab Williams multiple times, according to BART.

Officers were able to get a good description of Brim and arrested him a short time later on Tennyson Road, about a block away from the South Hayward station.

BART said in the news release, "Our hearts go out to the family and friends of the victim."

In response to the fatal stabbing, BART General Manager Bob Powers and interim police Chief Ed Alvarez are working in conjunction with the police union to increase visible officer patrols throughout the transit agency's system.

Brim, who is being held at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin without bail on suspicion of murder and carjacking, tentatively is scheduled to be arraigned at the East County Hall of Justice in Dublin at 2 p.m. Thursday.

However, the Alameda County District Attorney's Office hasn't yet filed charges against him. — Bay City News