Police investigation continues near Chicago's Howard Red Line terminal
There was a report of a shooting that was believed to have happened in the bus turnaround area of the Chicago Transit Authority terminal in Rogers Park.
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There was a report of a shooting that was believed to have happened in the bus turnaround area of the Chicago Transit Authority terminal in Rogers Park.
Reports of a shooting near the Howard Red Line terminal in Rogers Park were not immediately confirmed.
Detectives said around 2:10 a.m., two men and a woman approached a woman while on the train at the 47th Street stop in the 200 block of West 47th Street.
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The robbery happened on Friday, July 19, just before 12:30 a.m. at the Morse stop in the 1300 block of West Morse Avenue.
Police say the suspect robbed someone on the train after cutting someone with pliers and then tried to strangle them on July 14.
The robber choked the man, hit him in the head with the pliers, and took his cellphone, police said.
The robber choked the man, hit him in the head with the pliers, and took his cellphone on the Red Line, police said.
Crews soon will start work to remove utility lines and demolish property along the route to make way for the new tracks.
Police said both juveniles robbed a man at the Lake station on the Red Line on May 23. The girl is also accused of robbing a man at the Clark/Division stop earlier the same day.
He suffered injuries to both his legs and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition.
It was outside the 63rd Street stop around 3:30 Monday morning after calls about teens fighting on the platform and holding the doors of the trains open.
Members of the Public Transportation Section arrested the 15-year-old on Tuesday in the 8500 block of South Lafayette Avenue in the Chatham neighborhood.
The robbery happened just before 7 p.m. at the Grand Street stop in the 500 block of North State Street.
In both incidents, a passenger on the train was approached by the suspects and had their belongings taken by force.
Police said the suspect approached the passenger and asked for change. When they refused his request, the man kicked the passenger and proceeded to punch them in the face with a closed fist.
The attack happened just before 1:30 p.m. on the platform, located at 188 N. State St.
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The shooting happened during a fight on a train near the 47th Street stop.
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