Five men have been charged with aggravated battery and armed robbery after a man was stabbed on the CTA Red Line on the Near North Side early Friday, according to Chicago police.
Five men have been charged with aggravated battery and armed robbery in connection with an attackon the Near North Side early Friday, in which a CTA employee was stabbed, according to Chicago police.
The five men were arrested in the 1500 block of North Clybourn Avenue on Friday. They are accused of stabbing a 42-year-old man with a knife and a broken glass bottle on a Red Line train at the North/ Clybourn station at 2:03 a.m. after demanding his belongings, police said.Arrested were: Shawn Gullens, 20; Latoya Thomas, 22; Martinez Owens, 24; Larone Williams, 36; and Vernon Holman, 52. A sixth person who had been detained later was released without charges, according to police.
During the robbery, the victim reportedly took out a knife and fought back, stabbing three of the attackers. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in serious condition, police said.
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