CPD wants public help to ID Red Line robber targeting women
Police said the man also tried grabbing a woman's sunglasses off her head on the platform at the Roosevelt stop.
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Police said the man also tried grabbing a woman's sunglasses off her head on the platform at the Roosevelt stop.
"After talking with several of my friends this morning, we feel that it's important for us to continue to go out there and continue to try to bring it back. And if they need to come out there and do what they have to do every week to run us off, they're going to have to do that."
Police believe the suspect is 25 to 30 years old.
The family said she worked at UCAN, a program to prevent violence and help youth who have gone through trauma.
Communities throughout the city and suburbs are celebrating Juneteenth, the national holiday marking the last enslaved African Americans in the U.S. learning of their emancipation.
Police confirmed Reggie Meadows, 31, of Willowbrook was killed in the shooting.
In two separte incidents, a man and a woman approached the victims and started a conversation before demanding money and jewelry.
Police say as they chased an SUV matching the description of the car involved, the driver blew a light and crashed at Ashland and Madison.
The shooting took place near 99th and Princeton in the Roseland neighborhood.
Expect Sunday night to be mostly clear with a low temperature near 60 degrees.
"They was knocking and crying saying they shot someone. I said, 'What?!' This senseless."
Police were already monitoring the scene, but were called away to an alleged 911 call of a fight that had broken out nearby.
According to prosecutors, the suspect was on the platform when both he and the 28-year-old victim threw rival gang signs at each other.
Police say in each incident, three suspects would throw an object through the glass door of the business and take property from inside.
Staff and students will participate in the first-ever Odyssey Day of Service alongside members of the North Lawndale community.
