SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A man accused of pushing another man in front of a MUNI train during a fight has been charged with attempted murder.
Gerry Chavarria, 56, of San Francisco has been charged with attempted murder, two counts of assault and one count of battery, San Francisco District Attorney’s spokesman Alex Bastian said today.
His bail was set at $1 million, which he could not provide.
The incident happened on March 8th at the Civic Center station on the train platform around 9 p.m. according to police.
The victim managed to pull himself off the tracks, but still sustained a life-threatening head injury.
Investigators determined Chavarria was a suspect in the case and alerted other law enforcement agencies to his identity.
He was spotted by a BART police officer at an Oakland station at about 8 a.m. on March 27. BART police detained Chavarria until San Francisco police arrived and took him into custody, police said.