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Chicago police seek to identify groups in 2 separate robberies on CTA Red Line train in Greater Grand Crossing

Chicago police are asking the public for information in two separate CTA Red Line train robberies that happened in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood last week.

The first robbery happened on Dec. 13, around 5 a.m., in the 0-100 block of West 69th Street. 

Detectives said in that incident, three men and a woman robbed a passenger by force while on the train. 

On Monday, detectives released photos of the alleged suspects. 

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Police are searching for the four suspects they said robbed a passger by force on a CTA Red Line train on Dec. 13. Mass Trainsit detectives

Then two days later, on Dec. 15, around 3:30 a.m., another passenger was robbed by a group of seven men at gunpoint in the 0-100 block of West 79th Street. Their photos were also released on Monday. 

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Seven men are sought in an alleged armed robbery on a CTA Red Line train in the Greater Grand Corssing neighborhood on Dec. 15. Mass Transit detectives 

Police did not say what was taken from each victim or if any of them were hurt during the robberies.

Anyone with information about the incident or their whereabouts is asked to contact Mass Transit detectives at 312-745-4447 or submit an anonymous tip at CPDTIP.com.

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