Victim in Minneapolis light rail stabbing was 58-year-old man

Authorities have identified the man killed in a stabbing Saturday at the Lake Street light rail station as a 58-year-old man with no permanent address.

Gerald Wayne Davis died from "sharp force injury to the torso," according to a release from the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's office.

On Monday, police arrested a 25-year-old Minneapolis man on probable cause of murder.

Police say video footage and witness accounts helped to track down the suspect.

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