HOUSTON — Three people were taken to a hospital after someone sprayed mace on board a METRORail Wednesday afternoon, according to METRO officials.

It happened around 1:40 p.m. on the Red Line on Preston Street in downtown Houston.

METRO confirmed the chemical sprayed on the train was civilian aerosol mace. Three passengers were exposed and transported to a nearby hospital for evaluation.

On Saturday, authorities identified the person they said is responsible as 62-year-old Garland Wayne Bailey. They said he was arrested and charged with two counts of assault injury to a disabled person and two counts of assault causing bodily injury.

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