5 charged in attempted robbery, stabbing on CTA Red Line train near North and Clybourn station
Five people are charged after attempting to rob a man on the CTA Red Line train Friday morning.
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Five people are charged after attempting to rob a man on the CTA Red Line train Friday morning.
Police said a group of six people began attacking a CTA passenger with a knife and a broken bottle, when the victim pulled out his own knife.
Police said a group of six people began attacking a CTA passenger with a knife and a broken bottle at the North/Clybourn stop, and the victim also pulled out his own knife. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
Police said a group of six people began attacking a CTA passenger with a knife and a broken bottle, when the victim pulled out his own knife. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
Mass Transit detectives is asking the public's help in identifying a man who robbed a woman on the Racine CTA Blue Line stop Friday.
The incident happened in the 1100 block of South State Street around 4:39 a.m.
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The teen suffered burns to his left hand, while older man suffered electrical burns to his forearms.
The man got onto a CTA bus in the 3000 block of North Pulaski Road, and tried to drive away with the bus, but was unable to do so.
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The man was shot and wounded on a train at 69th Street.
The Fire Department said the 20-year-old man was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition.
The shooting happened at the 69th Street station.
The CTA train conductor noticed the woman and was able to stop the train, police said.
The Fire Department said there were no injuries, after crews responded to the reports of smoke. The CTA said the smoke was the result of a mechanical issue on a train.
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The suspect can be seen walking through an alley and making his way to the station and fired shots.
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The man was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in an unknown condition. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
Witnesses said the man came upstairs and rushed to the Chase Tower with a trail of blood behind him. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
The offenders robbed and battered two men at the CTA Red Line Belmont Avenue station.
Police said the suspects brandished a firearm and stole from a 44-year-old victim.
Sources say the shooters got onto the bus and shot a 17-year-old in the head as he sat near the back of the bus.
Police said a 23-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman were standing outside when a man came up and shot them both.
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Ald. Ruth Cruz (30th), in a community alert, stated that the incident is isolated and poses no threat to others.
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