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Mass transit detectives seek group who robbed passenger on Chicago train

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CHICAGO (CBS) – Mass Transit detectives are searching for six suspects in connection to a robbery at a CTA Red Line stop earlier this month.

The incident happened around 7:15 p.m. on Feb. 18, in the 0-100 block of West 79th Street.

The offenders allegedly approached the victim, a 19-year-old man, on a train where they battered him and took his personal property by force, authorities said.

The offenders were described as five African American men between 22 to 30 years old and a White woman between 19 and 23 years old.

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Mass Transit Detectives

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Bureau of Detectives – Mass Transit Section at 312-745-4706. 

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