Chicago police are asking for help as they try to track down two men who robbed a Brown Line passenger at the Southport station Wednesday morning.
The victim was on the train around 4 a.m. when the offenders demanded his money, police said in a community alert Friday afternoon. Both men then forcefully took the man’s phone and cash.
According to the alert, the offenders were seen at several CTA locations during Wednesday’s early morning hours. Police included surveillance photos of the duo walking through a Loop Red Line station in the bulletin
Anyone with information about the men can contact Det. Ray Verta in CPD’s Mass Transit Investigations Unit at 312-745-4443 or 773-664-4880. The case number is JE-124310.
Wednesday’s robbery is one of several reported on the CTA’s North Side and downtown train lines this week.
Up to eight men beat and robbed a 61-year-old man on the Red Line at Grand on Friday morning. Another group robbed a different victim on the Blue Line near Washington earlier in the day, according to police.
On Sunday night, at least three CTA passengers were struck with a baseball bat, sprayed with mace, or both by a pair of offenders who committed a series of attacks on the Red Line between downtown and Howard Street. Several other passengers reported being threatened by the pair. You can read more about those cases here.