Police seek to identify machete-wielding man in CTA Blue Line robbery
Anyone with information on the robbery is asked to contact CPD mass transit detectives at (312) 745-4447.
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Anyone with information on the robbery is asked to contact CPD mass transit detectives at (312) 745-4447.
Trains were back running the full route by the early evening, but with residual delays.
Trains have been suspended between Rosemont and O'Hare.
The CTA will be implementing new safety measures on what it says is an interim basis. Most notably, and as announced before, Yellow Line trains will run at a maximum speed of only 35 mph rather than 55 mph.
The Chicago Transit Authority said service on the Yellow Line – also known as the Skokie Swift – will resume at 4:45 a.m. Friday.
It's nicknamed the Skokie Swift, but the process of it getting the CTA Yellow Line back online after a November crash has been awfully slow.
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The accident happened on Washington Boulevard at Damen Avenue, not far from the United Center.
Five people on the bus were taken to local hospitals for minor injuries, police said.
Police said, around 7:20 a.m., a 54-year-old man was riding a Red Line train, when another passenger tried to rob him, and hit him with a baseball bat.
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The teen was arrested Saturday by the Bureau of Counter Terrorism Mass Transit Unit, in the 3600 block of West Fillmore Street.
The shooting happened around 10:43 p.m. at the Garfield station in the 200 block of West Garfield Boulevard.
Andrew Holmes said he made a point of ensuring that suspect Devonte Jones was taken into custody.
Devonte Jones is accused of attacking CTA passengers and an employee – and actions have even been caught on CTA surveillance cameras. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot talked with crisis responder Andrew Holmes, who said he led police to Jones.
Those investigators are expected to conduct testing throughout the week.
The men, 20 and 25, were on a stationary train causing a disturbance when a male offender fired shots, police said.
The teen was charged with two felony counts of armed robbery with a dangerous weapon and one felony count of aggravated robbery with indication of a firearm.
On Nov. 16, all 38 people on a two-car Yellow Line, or Skokie Swift, train were hurt when the train braked – but failed to stop before crashing into a snow removal locomotive on the tracks.
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Sources said the teen attends nearby Phoenix STEM Military Academy which is just blocks from the Blue Line stop.
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James Jackson took a leave from bus driver his job due to a PTSD diagnosis. When he was asked to come back, wasn't ready, and couldn't get long-term disability in time, the CTA fired him. CBS 2's Lauren Victory reports.
The crash injured dozens of people and caused $8.7 million in damage to CTA equipment.
The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday released preliminary findings in the Nov. 16 crash, which left all 38 people on the train injured. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
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