A Minneapolis man is charged with attempted murder after prosecutors say he repeatedly struck a woman with a wooden table leg at a Saint Paul light rail platform, leaving her severely injured.
According to a criminal complaint filed in Ramsey County, 20-year-old Jerrod Rentist Johnson is accused of attacking a woman around 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 7 at the Fairview light rail station on University Avenue.
Police arrived to find the victim lying in a pool of blood and with serious injuries to her head and face. Her clothing was soaked in blood and her glasses were shattered nearby, the court documents said. Officers recovered a blood-covered table leg nearby, one end of it squared and heavy…