Suspect arrested in random San Francisco street attacks

SAN FRANCISCO (TCD) --

A suspect was arrested for allegedly attacking men in San Francisco in two separate street incidents Monday.

San Francisco Police officers responding to a reported stabbing at 16th Street and Mission Street at about 1:30 p.m. on Monday, March 15, found a 64-year-old man with a stab wound to his cheek. Police said a bystander was administering first-aid at the scene.

The victim was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries.

Witnesses told police a suspect had cut the man’s face with a knife and knocked the man to the ground. The suspect then ran into a BART public transportation station.

About a half-hour later, officers responded to a report of a 59-year-old Vallejo man being assaulted on the 600 block of Market Street. A witness told police a man had run up to the victim and punched him multiple times in the head. The victim had fallen to the ground, motionless, according to the witness. Police said the victim did not know what had happened to him.

The suspect then fled on a municipal bus.

Police determined the same man was suspected in both attacks, based on surveillance video and witness accounts.

At about 9:28 a.m. Tuesday, San Francisco Police officers saw a man matching the suspect’s description at 16th and Mission, the site of the first attack the day before. He was subsequently arrested.

Jorge Devis-Milton, 32, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon other than firearm; aggravated assault likely to cause great bodily injury; aggravated mayhem; and battery causing serious injury in the first attack. Devis-Milton was charged with battery causing serious injury and aggravated assault likely to cause great bodily injury in the second attack. The investigation remained ongoing, police said.

KPIX-TV reports the second victim is an Asian man who was on his way back to work after his lunch break.

“At this time there is nothing to indicate that the incidents were  motivated by bias,” San Francisco Police Sgt. Michael Andraychak said.

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