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.

A man was killed and two other people were injured Monday in a shooting at a CTA subway station in the Loop. The shooting happened just after 2 a.m. in the tunnel connecting the Jackson Blue Line and Red Line stations in the 200 block of South Dearborn Street, according to Chicago police. One man was shot in the abdomen…

A man was killed and two other people were injured Monday in a shooting at a CTA subway station in the Loop. Susan Carlson reports.

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…

An NBC 5 Investigation shows a dramatic increase in both violent crimes and petty thefts –while arrests are on the decline. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey Investigates.

A new study will examine the environmental impact on a proposed Red Line extension project.

A 35-year-old man was stabbed on a CTA Red Line platform Monday in Chatham on the South Side. He was on the 79th Street train platform, 15 W. 79th St., about 2:43 p.m. when he was arguing with a 37-year-old man, Chicago police said. The older man took out a knife and stabbed him in the arm, police said. He…

A 38-year-old woman from Blue Island has been charged with stabbing a street musician Tuesday on a CTA Red Line platform in the Loop. Barbara Johnson faces two counts of aggravated battery and a misdemeanor count of criminal damage to property, Chicago police said. Police said a woman approached a street musician about 1:35 p.m. at the Jackson station in…

A woman was hospitalized and arrested after police say she attacked a street performer with a knife at a CTA Red Line station.

Imagine boarding the “L,” just like any other train on any other day, only to find yourself in a car full of people without any pants on.  This is the fate that could befall CTA riders using the Red Line as part of the “No Pants Subway Ride” on Sunday. The concept is simple. Participants board a train at...

Police are looking to identify a man who allegedly sexually assaulted and robbed a woman Thursday on a Red Line train on the North Side. The woman was riding a train about 9:57 a.m. northbound towards the Morse station when the man allegedly exposed himself to her, Chicago police said. He struck her several times as she tried to move…

Three people were arrested after a woman was robbed Thursday on a CTA Red Line train in the Loop. The woman was riding the train about 11:30 p.m. in the 100 block of South State Street when four males approached her and one of them grabbed her cellphone out of her hand, according to Chicago police. One suspect was arrested…

A group of people beat and robbed a 61-year-old man and a passerby who tried to help him Sunday at a Red Line station in the Loop.

A group of people beat and robbed a 61-year-old man and a passerby who tried to help him Sunday at a Red Line station in the Loop. Susan Carlson reports.

Northbound CTA Red Line trains were resuming service with delays Friday morning after a man was stabbed at the Fullerton station in Lincoln Park. Howard-bound trains were halted because of “police activity” shortly after 6 a.m. at the station, 943 W. Fullerton Ave., according to service alerts from the CTA. Service resumed with residual delays shortly before 7 a.m. Chicago…

Northbound CTA Red Line trains were halted Friday morning as police responded to reports of a stabbing at the Fullerton station in Lincoln Park.