VIDEO: Man 'pistol-whipped' on DART train, police searching for suspects

DALLAS - DART police are searching for two people involved in a violent assault on a DART train Tuesday afternoon.

A FOX 4 viewer sent a video showing a man they described as being "pistol-whipped" while on a northbound Red Line train at LBJ/Central Station in Dallas.

WARNING: This video contains graphic content/language

The video shows a man and a woman fighting with another man. The woman hits the man with what appears to be a gun.

In the footage, you can see the man with blood all over his head.

DART police said the victim was taken to Presbyterian Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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It's just another security concern that DART is working to address.

This was a brazen attack in the middle of the day. Some riders were worried the gun might go off while it was being used to pistol whip someone, as it appeared to be loaded.

"People were saying take the clip out, take the clip out, there’s innocent bystanders in here," Keith Hasty recalled.

Hasty recorded the attack. He rides the train to work. He’s thankful the gun did not go off.

"It could’ve went off and innocent people could’ve got hit," he said. "It could’ve been little babies and kids on the train."

DART police believe the two attackers knew the victim prior to the assault. It’s unclear what led to the attack. 

"We did have an individual who was assaulted on our Red Line train. That’s a northbound Red Line train, right there at LBJ station," said Gordon Shattles, with DART.

DART is seeing an increase in robberies, sexual assaults, and aggravated assaults.

There have been 120 cases so far, this year. There were 221 cases throughout all of last year, which was an increase from 171 cases in 2021. It’s adding contract security officers in addition to DART police.

"Beginning in July, we’ll actually have an additional 90 security officers on our trains, riding the trains, throughout the system." Shattles said.

There was no security guard on the Red Line train during Tuesday’s assault. DART said riders can always push this button to tell an operator if there’s a problem. 

"You could see certain people trying to get out the way and get on the ground," Hasty recalled.

Hasty said he’s never seen anything like this before while riding the rail. Looking back, he’s glad no one else was hurt.

"It’s just unbelievable," he added.