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Another update: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/victim-in-metro-slaying-stabbed-repeatedly-during-robbery-on- train/2015/07/07/8dd09132-249b-11e5-b72c-2b7d516e1e0e_story.html

A witness on the train told police that the attacker tried to take an item from Sutherland's waist area, and the two struggled as the man repeatedly punched Sutherland until he fell to the floor and cried for help, according to the affidavit. The witness saw something in the attacker's hand and then noticed the man throw Sutherland's cellphone at him as Sutherland lay on the floor. A second witness saw the assailant stomp Sutherland as he lay on the floor after he was punched in the chest

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After stabbing Sutherland, Spires then walked through the Metro car and asked a witness "what y'all got" and then rifled through a person's pants, taking a fare card and a wallet, according to the affidavit. The document says Spires took $65 from the wallet and threw the wallet and the fare card to the ground.

more: Spires grew up in Northwest Washington and graduated in 2014 from Wilson High School. He attended Louisburg College, a private two-year Methodist school in North Carolina, where he majored in environmental engineering, according to an online school profile. The college said he was enrolled from the summer of 2014 through this past spring.

Sounds like the suspect turned his life around.