Chicago Police Robbery Task Force works with transit unit to fight crime on CTA
The task force addressed its progress for the first time this week, nearly a year after the formation of the unit was first announced.
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The task force addressed its progress for the first time this week, nearly a year after the formation of the unit was first announced.
The task force is working with the Chicago Police Public Transportation Section to fight crime on Chicago Transit Authority property. Tara Molina has an inside look.
Chicago police said officers responded to a call of someone shot on the train-car train and found a person with a gunshot wound to the upper right thigh.
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.
Red Line service along the Dan Ryan Expressway was disrupted Wednesday night.
Chicago police said 24-year-old Luther Hopkins III, of Calumet City, is charged with one felony count of unlawful use of a weapon.
John Flemister was shot in the head and killed Saturday evening outside the CTA Blue Line UIC-Halsted station in what police called a shootout, while on his way home from work. Tara Molina reports.
Chicago police said 24-year-old Luther Hopkins III, of Calumet City, is charged with one felony count of unlawful use of a weapon in the shootout that killed 61-year-old John Flemister. Tara Molina reports.
The violin was inside a black storage case, and has a distinct wood-grain finish on the back, police said.
As Chicago Police Mass Transit detectives ask people to look out for the violin, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago student to whom it belongs is quite upset. Marissa Sulek reports.
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.
Illinois state Rep. Marcus Evans (D-Chicago) said he's working to change state law to improve enforcement when riders are banned from the CTA.
A man accused of groping multiple women and attacking other people on CTA trains and platforms had previously been banned from the system and shouldn't have been on CTA property in the first place, and now a state lawmaker is pushing to do more to protect mass transit users.
The video taken this month was just one time the man, Robert Cook, has apparently been caught on camera. Many of his alleged crimes have happened at Chicago Transit Authority 'L' stops.
After Brii Williams took the video and put up a viral Facebook post, Robert Cook was arrested. Sara Machi reports.
A young woman may have helped prove a pattern against a suspected serial CTA creep, as she recorded an encounter with him last month. Sara Machi reports.
Police released a community alert on Tuesday showing surveillance images of the seven suspects, and asked anyone with information to contact public transportation detectives at 312-745-4447.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson was at the CTA Green Line Austin stop Monday morning to break ground on accessibility improvement work at the station.
If new funds do not come in, the agencies are predicting not only a drastic reduction in service, but also the cutting of thousands of jobs.
Without more money, the Chicago Transit Authority said its service would be left unrecognizable. Sabrina Franza reports.
The houses are to be demolished for the Chicago Transit Authority Red Line expansion.
