Woman Admits Stabbing Passenger Aboard Transit Bus In Capital Region

A 31-year-old woman is facing years in prison after admitting that she stabbed a passenger aboard a transit bus in the region.

Keionna Hood, age 31, faces up to seven years in prison for slashing a passenger aboard a CDTA bus in Colonie in May 2023.
Photo Credit: *Albany County District Attorney/CDTA*

Michael Mashburn

08/31/2023 1:00 p.m.

Keionna Hood, of Schenectady, pleaded guilty in connection with the attack in Albany County Court on Tuesday, Aug. 29.

According to the district attorney’s office, Hood was aboard a CDTA bus in Colonie on May 1, 2023 when the bus stopped at a gas station on Central Avenue.

She admitted to stabbing another passenger with a knife, injuring the person.

The extent of the victim’s injuries was not immediately clear, and investigators did not speculate on a possible motive for the attack.

In court Wednesday, Hood pleaded guilty to one count of criminal possession of a weapon.

She faces up to seven years in prison when she’s sentenced on Friday, Oct. 27.

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