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A WMATA spokesperson says that a newspaper vendor allegedly assaulted a man this morning at a Metro station.

A man who was handing out The Washington Post’s Express newspaper at Addison Road station got into an altercation with a 24-year-old male who he ended up stabbing, according to Metro spokesperson Dan Stessel.

The incident occurred just after 8:30 a.m, Stessel says. Police are currently searching for the suspect, and the victim was taken to a hospital with serious injuries, but is in stable condition.