Man electrocuted by the third rail on Red Line in downtown Chicago
A death investigation is underway after a man ended up on the CTA tracks in downtown Chicago on Monday morning.
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A death investigation is underway after a man ended up on the CTA tracks in downtown Chicago on Monday morning.
Chicago police said a man walked up to the victim and demanded his belongings at gunpoint, then he shot the victim in the chest.
A CBS News Chicago producer took video of an altercation that broke out on a Red Line train at the North/Clybourn stop Wednesday morning. With no police or security on the train, passengers had to step in to help. Tara Molina reports.
Three people were arrested after a wild brawl Monday evening with a K9 security team on a CTA Red Line platform on the South Side.
Chicago police said two men would approach the passengers, who were waiting for the train, and take cellphones from the victim's hands.
A ceremonial train busted through a banner Sunday morning at the Berwyn station, above Berwyn Avenue just east of Broadway in the Edgewater neighborhood, to celebrate the reopening.
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Residents in Chicago's Uptown and Edgewater neighborhoods are finally getting access back to Red Line stops on Sunday.
The incident happened on June 21 around 1:40 a.m. in the 0–100 block of West 69th Street.
A man was stabbed on a CTA Red Line train near Chicago's Uptown neighborhood early Tuesday morning.
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Commuters were advised to consider alternatives such as bus routes.
Police said the shooting happened in a train car, but did not immediately provide further information.
Red Line service along the Dan Ryan Expressway was disrupted Wednesday night.
The condemned houses in the area of 113th Street and Princeton Avenue in Roseland were used for search and rescue drills and rapid intervention exercises.
Police said she robbed victims at the Lake, Monroe, and Garfield stops on the Red Line.
Chicago police confirmed Tiara Lee-Roberts, 28, was charged with two felony counts of murder, including first-degree murder.
Police are speaking with a person of interest.
The shooting that killed a woman on the 69th Street Red Line platform was the first homicide on the Chicago Transit Authority system this year. Tara Molina reports.
Trains are currently operating only between Howard and Garfield.
The robbery happened around 8 p.m. on Feb. 12 in the 4600 block of North Broadway in the Uptown neighborhood.
Police said the victim was on the train when he was approached by the suspects, who took his cell phone. When he tried to get it back, he was beaten by the group.
The teen was arrested on Wednesday in the 11300 block of South Normal Avenue and charged with three felony counts of aggravated robbery with an indication of a firearm.
The 17-year-old boy was charged with four felony counts of robbery and three felony counts of aggravated battery to a transit employee/passenger. He also received an additional aggravated battery charge, causing great bodily harm.
It is unclear what led to the crash and how many occupants were in each vehicle.
The victims were taken to hospitals in unknown condition.
TSA expected about 2.86 million travelers to pass through the nation's security checkpoints.
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