Pair charged with robbing, beating, cutting man on CTA Red Line train
Two men stood charged Sunday with robbing, beating, and cutting a man on a Chicago Transit Authority Red Line train on the city's South Side.
Shannon Stephens, 23, of Chicago's North Austin neighborhood, and Jamarion Gray, 21, of Hazel Crest, were arrested a block apart shortly after 2 a.m. Friday.
They were identified as the attackers who robbed and beat a 41-year-old man as he rode a Red Line train near the 47th Street stop, at 47th Street and the Dan Ryan Expressway, police said.
During the attack, Stephens took out a knife and cut the man, causing injury, police said.
Stephens and Gray were to appear for a detention hearing on Sunday.
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