Man stabbed on bus in Pittsburgh, says suspects attacked him over his service dog – WPXI

PITTSBURGH — A man is recovering after being stabbed on a Greyhound bus in Pittsburgh.

The victim told 11 News the two suspects kept asking to pet his service dog, and when he told them no, they stabbed him.

“I know he’s a beautiful dog, I know he’s a Dalmatian, but give him some respect,” Jalen Frewellyn said.

Frewellyn and his service dog, Detroit, were both on a Greyhound bus to Pittsburgh early Tuesday morning.

Frewellyn told Channel 11 he uses a service dog because of an injury to his shoulder that impacts his mobility.

“I was asleep on the bus and these two dudes just trying to fraternize and play with the dog,” he explained.

At first, Frewellyn said he was OK with the two men petting Detroit, but then eventually asked them to stop.

“These guys already pet the dog, already got everything they wanted,” he said. “But when I told them, ‘It’s time to go,’ and pushed him off a little, one of them proceeded to swing at me and hit me in the face.”

Frewellyn told Channel 11 that the men began yelling racial slurs at him, then punched him, bit him, then stabbed him in his arm.

“The doctor said if it was anywhere else on my neck or the cut was deep enough, the slice was deep enough it could have killed me. It could have cut an artery,” he said.

Frewellyn is grateful that Detroit is OK.

“He could have been stabbed trying to protect me or defend me,” he said.

Police charged Arick Carles and Janson Arsenault in the attack.

“The worst part about it is people telling me ‘They could have killed you, man,’ just hearing that over and over and over,” Frewellyn explained.

Both men are facing a number of charges, and are at the Allegheny County Jail.

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