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Man threatens with knife on Green Line train at KedzieChicago IL

audio iconRobbery
Kedzie & Lake (Green Line), Chicago, IL 60624

A male suspect threatened a passenger with a knife on a CTA Green Line train. The suspect exited at Kedzie station and police detained a person matching the description.

Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 03
03:48
Transcript:
00:00
All right, it says that the offender has gallery department on his hoodie. It's car number 5158. They're notifying CTA.
00:11
I guess maybe it's on board the train. Train car number 5158.
00:19
Are you going to hold the train?
00:22
The call takers on the phone with CTA now, so give me a minute and we'll find out.
00:30
Tovature standards are in permission. There's no train at the Damien at Lake station right now.
00:37
Okay, no train at Damon and Lake. We'll see if we can try to figure out where they are.
00:47
0.35, slower down, there's no trains here.
00:50
It's 1235, slowing it down, there's no train on scene. Again, slower down the Green Line Damon 154 North Damon. There is no train there.
01:01
35 call back see if they're at a different softness.
01:05
All right, we're calling now. Give us a minute.
01:12
12-33.
01:15
33.
01:16
33.
01:19
Before that, Parker, can you take the auto accident with injuries, please? (number withheld) South Canal.
01:25
(number withheld) South Canal, it's a two-car auto accident, engine A, and ambulance 42 is on sync.
01:32
Not anything?
01:35
All right, they're stopping at Kedzie. The train is now at the Kedzie stops, guys.
01:44
21, show me going to Kedzie.
01:49
All right, we got you going to Kedzie.
01:56
The offender is still in the train car at Kedzie. Again,
02:00
he's getting off at Kedzie. The offender is exiting at Kedzie.
02:07
21, what's the description?
02:10
It's a male (race withheld) that has a gallery department hoodie on or a hoodie that says gallery department on it.
02:24
It sounds like it's a black hoodie that maybe says gallery department on it.
02:33
He had a baseball cap on also.
02:36
Was a male,
02:38
a male (race withheld) in a black hoodie possibly says gallery department on the hoodie with a baseball cap on.
02:52
The caller did not exit the train.
02:55
He is still on the train. The offender exited the train, so he's not sure where he went.
03:03
He did put the knife back in his pocket.
03:06
We'll see on.
03:07
Okay.
03:16
So if you stand, let's like the 11 district if that person stopped.
03:21
All right, 11 hasn't stopped, 10-4.
03:28
Actually,
03:30
it's going to be 1235 who has them detained right now.
03:33
All right, it's 1235 that hasn't detained, okay.
03:39
35, a pointing incident.
03:40
All right, 1235, a pointing incident. Your pointing incident of the number 08030-08030, 08030.

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Location mentioned:
Kedzie & Lake (Green Line), Chicago, IL 60624
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Incident Timeline

  1. Investigation and Classification
  2. Victim and Offender Status
  3. Train Located at Kedzie Station
  4. Offender Description and Train Details
  5. Police Response Initiated
  6. Robbery in Progress Reported

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