Police seek suspect after CTA rider is robbed, stabbed

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CTA armed robbery suspect Photo credit Chicago Police

CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Police are seeking the public’s help finding a man who allegedly robbed and stabbed another man Monday on a Purple Line train in the Loop.

About 7:20 p.m., the suspect approached a 23-year-old man who was sitting on a Purple Line train at the Adams/Wabash station at 201 S. Wabash Ave. and demanded his cellphone, Chicago police said.

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Chicago Police released this surveillance image of a suspect who robbed and stabbed a CTA rider on the Purple Line. Photo credit Chicago Police

After the man handed over his cellphone, the suspect demanded the passcode and stabbed the man in the back with a knife, police said.

The man was transported in good condition to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at 773-664-4880.

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