Passenger beaten and robbed at gunpoint inside North-Clybourn CTA station

Police are trying to identify these four suspects in connection with a robbery at the North-Clybourn Red Line station. (Chicago Police Department)

Chicago police are asking for the public’s help identifying four suspects who attacked and robbed a man at the North-Clybourn CTA station, 1599 North Clybourn, last week.

The group approached a passenger on the station’s escalator around 12:47 a.m. on July 12, according to a community alert issued by CPD’s Mass Transit Detectives. It said the robbers hit the man in the face and took his wallet and cash. When he tried to retrieve his belongings, one of the suspects displayed a gun, police said.

The alert included CTA surveillance images of the crew.

CPD described them as:

  • A Black male, 18–20 years old, about 5-foot-8 to 5-foot-11, wearing a black stocking cap, black short-sleeve shirt, and black pants.
  • A Black male, 18–20 years old, about 5-foot-10 to 6 feet tall, wearing a gray-green camouflage stocking cap, a black hoodie with one camouflage sleeve, and light-colored ripped jeans.
  • A Black male, 16–18 years old, 5-foot-7 to 5-foot-9, wearing a black balaclava, black t-shirt, and light-colored jeans with a ripped knee.
  • A White or Hispanic male with long dark hair, wearing a black t-shirt and light-colored jeans.

Tips can be submitted anonymously at CPDTIP.com using reference number JJ-330530, or by calling 312-745-4447.

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