Five people are charged after attempting to rob a man on the CTA Red Line train Friday morning.
Shawn Gullens, 20, Latoya Thomas, 22, Martinez Owens, 24, and Larone Williams, 36 are all charged with one felony count of armed robbery with a dangerous weapon and one felony count of aggravated battery to a transit employee.
Vernon Holman, 52, is charged with one felony count of armed robbery and one felony count of battery with the use of a deadly weapon. The five offenders were arrested on Friday, in the 1500 block of North Clybourn Avenue, after being identified as the offenders who stabbed a man, 42, with a knife on the CTA Red Line train.
Police Supt. David Brown said a 43-year-old man got on a Red Line train at the Addison Street station near Wrigley Field. While on the train, three people tried to take his cellphone and attacked him.While the train was stopped at the North/Clybourn station, three attackers left the train – while a fourth got on and also attacked the victim, Brown said. The victim stabbed that fourth attacker in the neck and fled the train, Brown said.
The victim was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in serious condition with multiple stab wounds and lacerations.
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