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Fatal stabbing at RTA Rapid Station in East Cleveland

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Fatal stabbing at RTA Rapid Station in East Cleveland
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Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority police officers are investigating after an individual was fatally stabbed and another was injured at the Red Line Superior Rapid Station in East Cleveland on Thursday afternoon.

Jamir Peak, 17, of Cleveland, was taken to University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, where he died from his injuries, according to the medical examiner's office.

Another individual was taken to the hospital, treated and released the same day, according to RTA spokesperson Robert Fleig.

According to Fleig, the suspect, a 56-year-old woman, was arrested and taken to Cuyahoga County jail.

Court records show she has been charged with felonious assault and reckless homicide.

It happened just after 1 p.m. at the station located at 3113 Superior Avenue.

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Fleig said a fight occurred at the station, and the stabbing happened during the melee. Police closed the station as they investigated.

A News 5 photographer went to the scene shortly afterwards and saw multiple evidence markers on the ground, as well as a pool of blood, and the station was roped off with crime scene tape.

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