Robber puts gun to CTA rider's head, steals belongings on Pink Line train
CTA union president says violence on Chicago trains, buses is out of control
Sunday's shooting was the fifth violent incident in the past week on Chicago's CTA trains and buses. Other attacks included stabbings, and beatings on train platforms. On Monday, the operator of a Red Line train was lured by a person who claimed to need help retrieving their phone; that person then pushed the operator on to the tracks. Dane Placko reports.
CHICAGO - A woman was robbed at gunpoint Thursday morning on a CTA Pink Line train in the Lawndale neighborhood.
The 23-year-old told police two people dressed in all black approached her around 12:50 a.m. on a train near the Kedzie Pink Line stop and one of them put a gun to the side of her head and demanded her belongings.
The woman complied and the two suspects got off the train and fled in an unknown direction, police said.
She was not hurt and refused medical attention at the scene.
No one is in custody as Area Four detectives investigate.