Crime & Safety
Family Of 62-Year-Old Man Beaten On CTA Bus On West Side Speaks Out; 2 Teens Charged In Attack
Larry Gilkey, 62, was badly hurt after being attacked by three teens on a bus on the west side. Two of those teens were charged on Monday.
Updated on: December 23, 2025 / 1:01 AM CST
As the CTA says it's ramping up safety protocols on buses and trains, following a string of violent attacks, the family of a man brutally beaten on a bus is speaking out.
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Larry Gilkey, 62, was badly hurt after being attacked by three teens on a bus on the west side. Two of those teens were charged on Monday night.
Gilkey spent days in a medically induced coma with severe bleeding in his brain. Injuries from when three teens attacked and robbed him on a cta bus here on the West Side. His family said their loved one is in the hospital only after he tried helping one of the teens who targeted him.