2 In Custody After Man Shot On The Green Line Friday Night On Near West Side

By Rachel Cromidas in News on Sep 9, 2017 3:47PM

CTA Green Line, photo via Chicagoist Flickr Pool User Stephanie Barto.

A 30-year-old man was seriously injured in a shooting on the CTA Green Line Friday night, just as the train was approaching the Near West Side's Ashland station. Some CTA Green and Pink Line train service was temporarily halted Friday night in the wake of the shooting.

The man had apparently been arguing with two other men on the train around 7:20 p.m. before a fight broke out and someone fired a shot. The man was shot in the left shoulder and taken to Stroger Hospital in serious condition, according to police.

It's currently unclear to police who owned the gun; police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told the Sun-Times that the gun may have belonged to the man who was shot. Police have arrested two suspects in the shooting.

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