Friday, April 24, 2009

Police Activity At The Wilson El

We're hearing from a passenger that there's police activity on the last car of a southbound train stopped at the Wilson station. Twelve police came on board, four with guns drawn. The train is moving again; does anyone know more about what's going on? Please leave any new information in the comments.

Update: A reader reports, "There was an offender who is now in custody on the second from the last car of the Red Line. I am not sure what he did but he is in custody."

3 comments:

  1. ABC/Channel 7 just showed a piece about 'rising ridership/rising crime' and how the CTA will be installing cameras on trains, as they do on some buses.

    Recent crimes have been targeted at sleeping riders, apparently.

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  2. I was on the train. A teen aged black kid came on the train holding what appeared to be a gun.

    He was holding it close to his body in both hands. It wasn't until he started to point it in the general direction of the other passengers, that I saw the orange tip and realized it was a toy.

    If I had, had a gun, I probably would have shot him. I was pretty sure it was a real gun.

    There was a general sigh of relief in the car as people realized that the gun he was starting to point at someone, wasn't real.

    He then walked to the rear car.

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  3. God I love UU. I now quickly get updates about happenings in Uptown that before would have remained a mystery.

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