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CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- One person was shot Wednesday in Chicago.

The man, 30, was seriously wounded in what police believe was a robbery-related shooting on a CTA Blue Line train at the UIC-Halsted station Wednesday morning.


He was getting off a westbound train at the UIC-Halsted stop at about 10:45 a.m. when another person on the train pulled on his backpack, Chicago Police Chief of Patrol Fred Waller told reporters.

The two briefly exchanged words before the suspect pulled out a gun and shot the man once in the back, Waller said. The suspect took the backpack and fled.

The man was taken to Stroger Hospital in "very serious" condition, Waller said, adding there were several other people on the train car at the time.

Police released photos of a suspect in the shooting Wednesday afternoon.

No one was in custody Thursday morning.

Six people were shot, one of them fatally, across Chicago on Wednesday.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire & Chicago Sun-Times 2020. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)