A 25-year-old man is in serious condition after being stabbed and robbed at a CTA Red Line train station in Lakeview Thursday night, police said.
A 25-year-old man is in serious condition after being stabbed and robbed at a CTA Red Line train station in Lakeview Thursday night, according to police.
Shortly after 10 p.m., the man got into a verbal fight with two other men while riding a CTA Red Line train. They exited the train at the Belmont stop in the 900 block of West Belmont Avenue.Once on the mezzanine, one of the unidentified men took out a sharp object, swinging it at the victim and stabbing him in the back and lacerating his head, according to police.
The offenders then took the 25-year-old’s wallet and fled the scene. Paramedics transported the victim to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he was listed in serious condition.
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