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Robbery on train near 79th street in chicagoChicago IL

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87th, 15 W 87th St, Chicago, IL 60620

A robbery happened on a train near 79th Street in Chicago. The offender pointed a gun at a male victim's head and then fled southbound on the train. The suspect wore a black puffy jacket, a red hoodie underneath, and black sweatpants with blue and white markings on the right leg.

Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 08
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Transcript:
00:00
634, go ahead.
00:02
Under the event number for the robbery on the train, could I get a 99 voice?
00:08
10-4[1]. That's going to be John John (number withheld).
00:13
John-Jon (number withheld).
00:15
The robbery event, (number withheld).
00:24
Charlie.
00:29
Charlie, you know coming in?
00:32
4-07, Charlie, can I have an event number for CBS High School for a community conversation?
00:41
7-4.
00:48
7301, Sam, Sam, on his own.
00:51
7301, Sam, go ahead.
00:54
Squad, additional info, that Red Line 79, looks like that victim continued southbound on that train, run 909.
01:02
He was in the head car.
01:03
It left that location at about 12, 34 hours.
01:05
All right, 10.4.
01:14
For the air, 7301, Sam, said, well, the victim continued southbound on the train at 1234 hours.
01:18
He was in the head car.
01:23
I have a train number.
01:29
Multiple train car, headcar, (number withheld).
01:35
All right, train car number (number withheld).
01:38
It was a headcar.
01:44
(number withheld) squad.
01:46
(number withheld) on that head car.
01:47
All right, headcar, (number withheld), (number withheld).
01:56
Squad, was it a male, female victim? I can try to go to 903 see my jet train.
02:06
Sam 4, the CTA said it was a male victim that had the gun pointed at their head, but I don't have a closing description or anything else.
02:14
7301, Sam, can you advise?
02:17
Tom 4 Squad, 6 has that image.
02:19
It was a black jacket with a red hoodie underneath.
02:24
It looks like he had...
02:29
All right, he's on him.
02:31
All right, somebody walked on your company, was a male with a black jacket, red hoodie underneath.
02:39
Black jacket, puffy, red hoodie underneath, black sweats with blue and white on the right leg.
02:48
All right, ten four.
02:55
Male victim had a puffy black jacket with a red city and black sweats with blue riding on them.
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment; message received or affirmative (OK).

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87th, 15 W 87th St, Chicago, IL 60620
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