A Minneapolis man has been charged with attempted murder after he allegedly attacked a woman with a table leg at a St. Paul light rail platform, leaving her with serious injuries.

Jerrod Rentist Johnson, 20, has been charged with one count of attempted murder and one count of assault in connection with the Tuesday incident.

According to the criminal complaint, police were called to the Metro Transit Green Line station at Fairview and University avenues in St. Paul at around 5:45 p.m.

Officers found a woman lying on the ground and bleeding heavily from her head and face. The woman told police her assailant had walked west on University Avenue.

Officers later found and arrested Johnson, who matched the victim’s description, near Lynnhurst and Oakley avenues. He had blood on both of his h

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