Police seek to identify 2 suspects in January Red Line train robbery
Police said the victim, while on the train, was approached by the two suspects, who took the victim's property by force.
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Police said the victim, while on the train, was approached by the two suspects, who took the victim's property by force.
Police said the suspect punched the victim and took their belongings before stomping them in the head.
Chicago police on Wednesday issued a community alert about an attack and robbery that spilled from a CTA Red Line train onto a station platform this past weekend.
Shuttle buses were requested from 95th to Garfield to connect the impacted areas.
Chicago police are asking for help identifying a woman who assaulted and robbed a CTA passenger on a Red Line train earlier this month in the Loop.
A man was stabbed on a CTA Red Line train along the Dan Ryan Expressway early Sunday morning.
The victim was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in serious condition, police said.
A medical emergency on the tracks disrupted Chicago Transit Authority Red and Purple line service from Lakeview to Rogers Park on the city's North Side early Wednesday.
The man and woman were left in fair condition after the stabbing at the 69th Street station along the Dan Ryan Expressway. Asal Rezaei reports.
Both victims were taken to emergency room at University of Chicago Medical Center in fair condition, police said. Asal Rezaei reports.
Chicago police early Tuesday were searching for the attacker who stabbed two people on a CTA Red Line station platform on the city’s South Side. Asal Rezaei reports.
CTA Red Line service was suspended on Chicago's South Side late Wednesday morning after the brakes caught fire on a train.
Chicago police asked for help from the public Tuesday finding three young women who robbed a woman at knifepoint on a CTA Red Line train the day before.
The first robbery happened on Dec. 13, around 5 a.m., in the 0-100 block of West 69th Street. Days later, an armed robbery occurred on the train in the 0-100 block of West 79th Street on Dec. 15, around 3:30 a.m.
Mass transit detectives released photos of each suspect sought in two separate robberies on a CTA Red Line train in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood last week.
A federal jury on Tuesday declined to award any damages to a man shot by Chicago police at a CTA station in 2020, siding with the officers' attorneys who argued they shot him in self-defense.
A man who failed to comply with the terms of his electronic monitoring on previous criminal charges was released from monitoring just days before he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in a wheelchair on the CTA.
A federal trial began Monday to decide if Chicago police officers violated a man's civil rights when they shot him at the Grand Avenue CTA Red Line station in 2020.
A federal trial was set to begin Monday to decide if Chicago police officers violated Ariel Roman’s civil rights when they shot him at the Grand Avenue CTA Red Line station in 2020.
A man was robbed and stabbed on a CTA Red Line train on Thanksgiving Thursday.
Police said at 11:40 a.m., a 48-year-old man was on the Chicago Transit Authority train along the Dan Ryan Expressway at the 47th Street stop when three people came up to him and tried to rob him.
Chicago police on Sunday morning were looking for multiple people who beat up a man on a Chicago Transit Authority Red Line train the night before.
Police said a 41-year-old man was on a train near the 79th Street station when he was approached by several people. The victim got into a fight with them.
A man was robbed at gunpoint and hit in the face while riding the CTA Red Line on Chicago's South Side.
The 44-year-old man was on the train when he forced open the doors and exited, police said. He made contact with the electrified third rail and died at the scene.
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The victim was found at the Hard Rock Casino off Burr Street, where they had driven to get help. Police said the shooting did not happen at the casino.
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Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams is on the cover of Madden NFL 27, the first Bear ever to grace the primary cover of the massively popular video game.
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A smaller round of storms comes in around 11am until 3pm. Then the main line along the front rolls between 4 p.m. and 11 p.m. Meteorologist David Yeomans is tracking the latest.
A stretch of Alsip is one of the hardest-hit areas, with one tree being ripped out from the roots and landing directly onto a home.
A massive tree came crashing down onto a van with the driver and six kids inside on Wednesday afternoon in Portage Park.
Chicago police on Wednesday released a surveillance image of someone they said was spotted fleeing the scene as a cross burned in Grant Park.
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The victim was found at the Hard Rock Casino off Burr Street, where they had driven to get help. Police said the shooting did not happen at the casino.
Attendees gathered inside the building to focus on this year's theme, which is "Fulfilling the American Promise."
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A fourth man has been charged in connection with a string of burglaries targeting video gambling terminals in Chicago's west and southwest suburbs since late last year.
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