Pair charged in robbery, hammer attack on CTA Blue Line platform

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Pair charged in robbery, hammer attack on CTA Blue Line platform
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Pair charged in robbery, hammer attack on CTA Blue Line platform

The video above is from a previous report. CHICAGO — A man and a woman were charged with robbing and attacking a passenger with a hammer on a CTA Blue Line platform last month. Travis Andrews, 29, and Shakena Agee, 27, both from Chicago, were arrested on Wednesday and charged with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery causing great bodily harm, and robbery. Andrews received an additional misdemeanor charge of resisting a police officer.

, battered and seriously injured a 31-year-old man before robbing him while on the platform in the 400 block of South Western Avenue. Police said a woman, later identified as Agee, came up and grabbed the victim's phone away. When he tried to get his phone back, she started beating him in the head with a hammer multiple times. The victim was taken to Stroger Hospital of Cook County with lacerations to the head.

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