Person stabbed on CTA Blue Line near Rosemont
Rosemont police said they found a suspect a short distance away and detained him.
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Rosemont police said they found a suspect a short distance away and detained him.
Further information about the unauthorized person on the tracks was not immediately available.
A man died at a CTA Blue Line stop during the Friday morning rush, prompting a service shutdown and then delays between Wicker Park and the Loop.
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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