Man stabbed to death near CTA Blue Line stop
It happened just before 8 a.m. in the 2400 block of West Gladys Avenue near the CTA Blue Line stop.
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It happened just before 8 a.m. in the 2400 block of West Gladys Avenue near the CTA Blue Line stop.
Chicago police said officers and fire crews responded to a service call where the victim stumbled and fell onto the tracks as the train was arriving at the station.
It happened around 8:13 p.m. Saturday in the 2600 block of North Milwaukee Avenue.
The man died at the scene and was already dead when police arrived.
A large stretch of the Blue Line was shut down after the incident at the Division/Milwaukee stop.
Police activity disrupted train service at the Racine Avenue stop along the Eisenhower Expressway.
Reports that someone was shot on a train were not immediately confirmed.
Cyrus Spurlock said he was taking the Blue Line to Wicker Park Friday night when his beloved violin was stolen.
A man has been charged with the robbery of a $10,000 custom-made violin that was stolen on a Blue Line train in downtown Chicago. Police have not confirmed if the violin was returned.
The violin was inside a black storage case, and has a distinct wood-grain finish on the back, police said.
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Video from the scene of the shooting outside the UIC-Halsted stop shows a body on the Peoria Street bridge over the Eisenhower Expressway, and a man in a yellow CTA vest being handcuffed. Tara Molina reports.
Police said two men were on the Peoria Street bridge over the Eisenhower Expressway near the UIC-Halsted stop just after 6 p.m. Saturday, when a quarrel escalated into a shootout. Tara Molina reports.
Police said two men got into an argument on the pedestrian bridge outside the UIC-Halsted stop shortly after 6 p.m., when they started shooting at each other.
Police said the custom-made violin was taken in a robbery.
Police said he was hit by the arriving train and later died at Stroger Hospital.
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Police said the 30-year-old victim was walking on the sidewalk along Cicero Avenue at the Eisenhower Expressway when police said a black Nissan sedan pulled up — and someone in the car unleashed a hail of bullets. Andrew Ramos reports.
The incident happened around 4 a.m. in the 0-100 block of North Dearborn Street.
Police said a group of four men surrounded two women in the Pedway connecting the Red and Blue lines, stole one woman's purse, punched her, and threw her into a wall.
Police said a man had been lying down on the platform, with part of his body extending over the edge, when he fell onto the tracks.
Police said around 4 a.m. on Aug. 29, the woman approached the victim from behind on the platform at the Pulaski stop and began striking the victim in the head and body.
Chicago police hope surveillance photos will help them catch a woman who attacked and robbed a CTA passenger. It happened on August 29 on the platform at the Blue Line Pulaski stop.
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