Crime & Safety

Chicago Police Seek Suspect In Stabbing, Battery On CTA Red Line Trains

He fled from the train at the Wilson Red Line station and relocated on foot to the 4700 block of North Broadway.

(Chicago Police Department/CBS Chicago)

September 9, 2024

CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago police are asking for the public's help with identifying a man who stabbed one passenger and battered another in two separate incidents on CTA Red Line trains.

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Police said around 1:13 p.m. on Sept. 2, in the 900 block of West Wilson Avenue, the suspect was in an argument with a 37-year-old man on the CTA Red Line turned into a fight. That's when the suspect produced a sharp object and stabbed the victim multiple times in the body.

He fled from the train at the Wilson Red Line station and relocated on foot to the 4700 block of North Broadway.

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