Two teenagers were beaten and robbed on a Pink Line train Wednesday afternoon in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.
The boys, ages 18 and 17, were riding the train when the older boy was approached by about five male suspects, according to Chicago Police.
"They grabbed me and told me to take everything out of my pockets, give me the money, anything that I had," the 17-year-old victim told NBC Chicago.
The group battered him as they demanded his property.
"I swung back, all six to seven of them started jumping on me," he said. "They jumped on me all the way from Kedzie to Pulaski."
The victims got off the train at the Pulaski station in the 2000 block of South Pulaski, and the suspects followed, police said. They then beat the younger boy and stole his property before leaving the platform.
Both victims declined medical attention, police said.
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The mother of the 17-year-old victim said the group took her son's wallet and shoes along with his coat and cell phone. She said there were other passengers on the train, but none stepped in to help.
"Everybody just sat there, they didn't anything," the victim said. "One person had their phone out like they were recording everything."
