A man was stabbed in the chest at the Roosevelt Road CTA station late Friday in at least the fourth act of serious violence on CTA property this week.
At 6:12 p.m., police were called to the station at Roosevelt Road and State Street. A 30-year-old man was in the mezzanine area of the station and got into a fight with five other males, police said.It was not immediately clear if the attack happened in the mezzanine of the Red Line subway station or the 'L' station above that serves the Green and Orange lines.
The fight then made its way onto the street, where the assailants punched and kicked the man while he was on the ground, police said. The attackers then fled, but were arrested in the 100 block of East 35th Street. Charges were pending late Friday.Three other violent attacks were reported in the CTA 'L' system in as many days earlier this week.
On Monday night, a train operator was pushed onto the tracks as he looked down for a cellphone someone said they dropped at the
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