Red Line

A 16-year-old girl was chased, beat and robbed by a group of people Tuesday at the Chicago Red Line stop on the Near North Side.

No injuries were reported when a CTA Purple Line Express train derailed Monday evening near the Bryn Mawr station in the city’s Edgewater neighborhood, authorities said. One wheel came off of a southbound train before 6:30 p.m. in the area of 1119 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., according to the Chicago Fire Department. A total of 24 passengers were onboard the…

An FBI agent was charged with attempted murder in an off-duty shooting in December on board a Metro train passing through Montgomery County, according to court records unsealed Tuesday.

Red Line service was disrupted Saturday on the North Side as police investigate a “suspicious object” at the Bryn Mawr Red Line station.

Service on multiple Chicago Transit Authority train lines was suspended early Tuesday due to problems that arose as a major snowstorm pummeled the city.

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An FBI agent was involved in a shooting on board a Metro train early Tuesday and an investigation is underway, Metro and FBI officials say. A man was shot multiple times and was taken to a hospital. Information on his identity and condition were not immediately released. Metro Transit Police received a report just before 7 a.m. of “an FBI…

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…

CTA Red and Purple line service has been disrupted because of a mechanical problem on a train near Wilson. Red Line service was suspended between Howard and Belmont about 4:30 a.m, according to a service alert from the CTA. About an hour later, Purple Line service was suspended between Howard and the Loop. Shuttle buses are available for affected riders…

The Chicago Transit Authority has announced several changes to its train and bus service through the downtown area ahead of more planned protests and demonstrations this weekend. The biggest changes were reported on the Red and Blue lines, which will not make stops in downtown at the request of public safety officials. Bus service in the city will also be…

Protests, marches and rallies are planned throughout Chicago on Saturday, including in Union Park. NBC 5’s Lisa Chavarria reports.

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…

Chicago police are asking for help identifying two men wanted for allegedly exchanging gunfire on a Red Line train Tuesday in Chatham on the South Side.

Chicago’s mayor said video footage of police shooting and wounding a suspect inside a downtown Chicago train station is “extremely disturbing” and that she supports the interim police superintendent’s request for prosecutors to be sent directly to the scene — an unusual or perhaps unprecedented action in the nation’s third largest city. After watching what she called the “widely...

A man was shot by police Friday afternoon during an altercation at the Grand CTA Red Line station. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez reports on the latest information.

Multiple witnesses on Friday recounted seeing and hearing a shooting in which a Chicago police officer shot a man at the CTA Grand Red Line station in River North. The shooting happened at around 4 p.m., sparking a heavy police presence at the station at Grand Avenue and State Street. Video shared with NBC 5 afternoon shows two Chicago police…

The suspect in a deadly shooting inside of a CTA tunnel has been taken into custody.

NBC5 Investigates recently revealed that violent crime on CTA’s rapid-transit lines, stations and platforms has doubled, in the past six years. We also created an interactive map to show the numbers of violent crimes and thefts at each of CTA’s 123 rapid-transit stations. But the Red Line station at Jackson Street — site of Monday’s shooting — clearly tops the…

Police are searching for a second person of interest in connection with a shooting on board a Blue Line train earlier this month.