Toy Gun Delays CTA Blue Line Trains

A man was reportedly hospitalized after a Blue Line train was shut down Friday and a toy gun was recovered, officials said.

Police responded to reports of a man with a gun at 5:08 p.m. at the Blue Line Addison stop, in the 3600 block of West  Addison Street, the Chicago Tribune reported.
 
One officer said a man was arrested and taken to St. Mary’s Hospital for a health evaluation and a toy gun was recovered, the Tribune reports.
 
Power was reportedly removed on part of the Blue Line’s O’Hare branch, delaying O'Hare-bound Blue Line trains, but services resumed shortly after.
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