CHICAGO — Mass Transit detectives have released CTA surveillance images of a man they believe is responsible for stabbing a Red Line passenger on the North Side. They’ve also linked the same man to another violent attack on the Red Line last month.
Around 1:10 p.m. on Monday, September 2, the 37-year-old victim got into an argument with another passenger as they rode the northbound train near Wilson, Chicago police said. The argument turned physical, and the other man, seen in these photos, pulled out a knife and stabbed the victim multiple times, according to CPD.
The victim exited the train at Wilson and collapsed in a women’s restroom at the Riviera Theater, 4746 North Racine, where he works. Police and EMS found him there.
Meanwhile, the assailant, who had a bandage wrapped around his right hand, also fled from the Wilson station. CTA security cameras reportedly recorded him dropping a knife and picking it back up as he fled east on Wilson Avenue.
The same man was involved in a battery at the Fullerton Red Line station on August 1, police said, but they did not release any other details about the earlier incident.
CPD said the suspect is between 20 and 35, 6 feet or 6’1″ tall, and 200 to 215 pounds. He wore the blue hat and green hoodie during the stabbing, police said.
You can reach Mass Transit detectives at 312-744-8261.
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