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A man was seriously wounded after being stabbed multiple times on-board a CTA Red Line train this afternoon as it traveled north from the Roosevelt stop. A DePaul student sitting nearby, Jamie Huberty, witnessed the attack.
Two men and a woman, all in their 20s, got on the train at the Roosevelt stop and were sitting facing each other -- the man seated alone on one side of the car, the other man and the woman seated together on the other side.At first, the group seemed to be trading good-natured "sarcastic insults, laughing, being loud and obnoxious," Huberty said.
At some point, though, things turned heated and the woman screamed at the man who was seated alone, Huberty said. The man yelled, "Get out of my face," and shoved her. The other man leaped forward and started punching him.
"The woman pulled out a knife and started stabbing the man in the neck and shoulders," Huberty said.
At that point, another passenger pulled the emergency brake on the train and Huberty alerted the conductor of the attack. According to Huberty, people on the train watched the attack in silence, only one man stepping forward to intervene who backed off when the woman produced the knife.
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I lived on the Red Line for two years before moving to Lincoln Square. The difference between Red and Brown is night and day.
here's where everyone shames the other passengers for not instinctively forming a gang and jumping on every crazy motherfucker who rides the L
Yeah, I'm going to intervene and get stabbed then sued for intervening.
Reality doesn't favor heroes. It may be the right thing to do fundamentally but unfortunately in our culture you get no reward for good deeds done.
Surprised this didn't happen on the Orange line. I am always astonished that I arrive un-stabbed when I see the characters on the ride to Midway.
Honestly, pulling the emergency brake is about the last thing I would do in this situation.
Right? I would just quietly change cars at the next stop.
Yeah because if you pull the brake, now you're stuck in a small train car 20 feet in the air with a crazy guy with a knife. Just change cars and press the call button.
Aside from intervening of course. And if there's a weapon being used, and I don't have the next weapon higher up the hierarchy of weapons (if there's a knife out, I want a gun), I'm not intervening. If no one's armed, that's a different story.
I'm with you, Tower. It will take that much longer for the train to get to a platform and get the guy help. Call the conductor, yeah, but don't stop the train outside a station.
omg I saw someone run into the grocery store today after a cop and tell this story about someone with a knife on the redline, but didnt know what happened.
Whew, just got here... did I miss the concealed-carry argument?
As for the passengers rising up en masse and pounding the assailants, I don't blame them. Anyone bold enough to stabb someone on a crowded train in the daytime is pretty much crazy. Maintain your safety, try to get an accurate description of the suspect and then call a cop when it's safe. What good is a dead witness?
Look what happened to Chris Chambers in Stand By Me.
I was on this train, in this car!
People did try to intervene but it escalated so fast! And we all tried to get into the next cars but the doors wouldn't open. We had to leave through the regular doors and run along the emergency ledge to the next platform. The couple with the knife was one person behind me and was screaming "Run or I"m going to kill someone!"
And yes, they were obviously crazy and they were wielding the knife over their heads etc . it was impossible to intervene, people were just shocked and running
hahah @Von Erich the Stand By Me comment. Yeah. I would figured you just watched the movie.
Was there blood spraying everywhere? That'd freak me out.
I had a gun pulled on me on the redline in, like, 1996.
But I haven't had a problem in 13 years of riding since then.
I think Chicago should ban knives. They banned everything else. I think this would make the streets safer. By all current logic of city government, this should work. Oh, I think Chicago should ban stupid people too. They voted for the city government.