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CPD Officer Punched in Face After Confronting Man Who Was Drinking on CTA Train
A Chicago police officer was hospitalized Wednesday after a man allegedly punched him in the face at a CTA Red Line stop. According to authorities, officers observed a 55-year-old man consuming an alcoholic beverage on a Red Line train in the 200 block of South State Street. The man was escorted off of the train at Jackson, and officers attempted…
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Police Officer Injured After Being Dragged by Car on Chicago's Far South Side
A police officer was rushed to the hospital Monday evening after being dragged by a fleeing vehicle in the Roseland neighborhood on Chicago’s Far South Side, authorities said. The incident happened at approximately 8 p.m. at West 95th and South Lafayette streets, which is near the Dan Ryan Expressway and the CTA Red Line. According to police, officers were...
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Men Wanted for Robbery on Red Line
Chicago police are seeking two men wanted in connection with a robbery Monday on the Red Line. About 7:45 p.m the victims were on a CTA Red Line train in the 100 block of West Cermak Road, when they were approached by two men who demanded their property, Chicago police said. They then took it by force. Anyone with information…
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Man Seriously Injured in Shooting on CTA Red Line Platform in Englewood
A 25-year-old man sustained serious injuries Thursday evening after he was shot on the CTA Red Line platform at 63rd Street in the city’s Englewood neighborhood, police said. At approximately 8:16 p.m., the victim was on the platform when an unknown offender on foot fired shots striking the victim. The victim sustained a gunshot wound to the abdomen and...
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Man Fatally Shot at North Side CTA Red Line Station, Chicago Police Say
A 26-year-old man is dead after he was shot inside of a CTA station on Tuesday evening, according to Chicago police. Authorities say the man was standing inside of the Morse CTA Red Line station at approximately 6:12 p.m. when a vehicle pulled up near the station. A person inside the vehicle opened fire, striking the victim in the abdomen….
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Southbound Red Line Trains to Bypass Edgewater Stations through Mid-August
Southbound CTA Red Line trains will bypass three stations in Edgewater on the North Side for the next two weeks. Starting Monday morning, 95th-bound trains will not stop at the Granville, Thorndale or Bryn Mawr stations until 10 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 14, according to a service alert from the CTA. Riders who need to head south from the affected…
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Police Investigating After Shooting Near Red Line Station Injures 3
An investigation is underway after three people, including two teenage children, were shot near a CTA Red Line station on Tuesday night. According to Chicago police, the three victims were standing on a sidewalk in the first block of West 79th Street at approximately 8:48 p.m. when a silver sedan approached and a person inside opened fire. A 19-year-old woman…
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Man Stabbed on CTA Red Line Train
A 34-year-old man was stabbed on a CTA train early Saturday morning. The victim was riding a southbound CTA Red Line train from North and Clybourne when a male approached him and demanded his belongings at around 1:42 a.m., Chicago police said. The victim refused at which point an altercation ensued. The offender stabbed the victim in the leg with…
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Man Killed by Red Line Train After Being Pushed Onto Tracks at 87th; Suspect in Custody
A man died after he was pushed in front of an oncoming train during a fight Friday at a CTA Red Line station in Chatham on the South Side. He got into an argument with another male at 12:16 a.m. on the platform at the 87th Street station, 15 W. 87th St., according to Chicago police. The suspect punched the…
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COPA Releases Multiple Videos in CTA Red Line Shooting
FIND VIDEOS HERE The Civilian Office of Police Accountability released a trove of videos that show an officer shooting an unarmed man who tried to escape arrest at a River North CTA station in February. COPA released 18 videos Tuesday, several of which show officer Melvina Bogard shooting Ariel Roman. Chicago police said Roman was walking in between train cars…
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Security Guard Accidentally Shoots Himself, Teen Girl on CTA Red Line Train
A security guard accidentally shot himself and a 16-year-old girl Thursday on a CTA Red Line train in Lake View.
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Man Dies After Being Shoved in Front of CTA Red Line Train, Police Say
Chicago police are searching for three men who allegedly shoved another man in front of a CTA Red Line train on Tuesday afternoon. The unidentified man was struck by the train in the 200 block of South State Street at approximately 5:13 p.m., according to police. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. During the incident, three men walked…
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Masked Man Stabs 2 People on CTA Red Line Train
A man and a teenage boy were stabbed Saturday on a CTA Red Line train in Uptown on the North Side. The 39-year-old man and 15-year-old boy got into an argument with a male wearing a ski mask about 2:30 a.m. on a train in the 4600 block of North Broadway, according to Chicago police. The person in the mask…
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FBI, Prosecutors Reviewing Red Line Police Shooting for Possible Criminal Charges
The FBI is assisting the Cook County state’s attorney’s office as it considers “possible criminal charges” after a Chicago police officer shot a man inside a busy CTA Red Line station Friday evening, officials said a day after the controversial video-recorded encounter. The shooting at the Grand station sparked outrage as cellphone video circulated on social media, with Mayor...
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Lincoln Park Residents Take a Stand Against Crime on CTA Trains, Platforms
Following several high-profile crimes on CTA trains and platforms in their neighborhood, Lincoln Park residents gathered Wednesday for a solidarity walk against crime. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup has the story.
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CTA Red Line Service Resuming After Unauthorized Person on Tracks
CTA Red Line trains were rerouted to elevated tracks between the Fullerton and Cermak-Chinatown stations for nearly an hour Sunday evening for reports of someone on the tracks near the Clark/Division station on the Near North Side. The transit authority first rerouted the trains about 6:05 p.m., and announced that normal service was resuming about 7 p.m. Chicago police...
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Tips for Getting Around Chicago This Weekend
Four CTA stations are closed Feb. 22 and 23, but first – a few notes on some closures announced by the Illinois Department of Transportation. IDOT says starting Monday, the Canfield off-ramp from the outbound Kennedy Expressway will close for improvements for about six months. This is in the area out near O’Hare International Airport where there is a major…
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Thieves From Mag Mile H&M Arrested After Fleeing Onto Red Line Tracks
Five alleged thieves were arrested Thursday after running with merchandise from a Mag Mile H&M clothing store onto CTA Red Lines tracks, only to be met by officers were waiting at the next station. Officers were called to a theft about 11:30 a.m. in the 600 block of North Michigan Avenue and were told that several suspects ran to...
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Robbers Target CTA Riders in Englewood: Police
Police are warning CTA riders about a string of robberies last month in Englewood on the South Side. Each of the incidents happened on or near the 63rd Red Line station, 220 W. 63rd St., Chicago police said in a community alert. One to three male suspects would approach someone, hit them and steal from them. The robberies happened: At…
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Suburban Man Charged With CTA Red Line Robberies
An 18-year-old man of south suburban South Holland was charged in connection with two armed robberies on the CTA Red Line in January.