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Armed Men Robbed Orange Line Train In Broad Daylight Wednesday

By Chuck Sudo in News on Jul 17, 2014 1:30PM

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Surveillance footage courtesy Chicago Police Department/CTA

Police are patrolling Orange Line trains this morning after two men armed with guns robbed multiple passengers along the route Wednesday afternoon.

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Surveillance footage courtesy Chicago Police Department/CTA

The men boarded a Loop-bound train at Halsted around 4:15 p.m., announced a robbery, and were able to exit the train at Roosevelt Road with several items before one passenger who was robbed alerted CTA personnel at the station. The train was halted at the Harold Washington Library-State/Van Buren station. No one was hurt and the suspects are still at large.

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Surveillance footage courtesy Chicago Police Department/CTA

We’ve included surveillance camera footage of the suspects. If anyone has information about the suspects, please call Area Central detectives at (312) 747-8380.

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