Chicago: 27-Year-Old Woman Stabbed at Train Station
Chicago: 27-Year-Old Woman Stabbed at Train Station
The News
Chicago police are on the hunt for a man who they say stabbed a woman in the chest without provocation on a train platform near the University of Illinois Chicago Saturday night.
The victim, a 27-year-old woman, was sitting on a bench at the train station when he allegedly approached her and plunged the knife into her chest at the UIC-Halsted Blue Line platform.
The woman suffered a minor injury and was taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition, a police spokesperson told Fox News.
The suspect, described as a Black male who stands about 6 feet tall and weighs between 160 and 180 pounds, left on foot, headed northbound on South Morgan Street, according to city police.
Timeline
He was last seen wearing white pants and sneakers, an orange hoodie, brown jacket and pink beanie, carrying a knife and a gray backpack at around 11:15 p.m. on Nov. 8 in a surveillance image obtained by FOX 32 Chicago.
The suspect remained at large as of Tuesday morning.
On Aug. 22, a mentally ill suspect with a history of more than a dozen prior charges named Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, allegedly stabbed Zarutska from behind in the neck, in another unprovoked attack caught on video.
What's Next
Anyone with information on the train station stabbing is asked to call Area 3 detectives at 312-744-8261 or submit a tip anonymously at CPDTip.com.
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The case echoes the unprovoked murder of 23-year-old pizzeria worker Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte commuter train in August.
More recently, a North Carolina man is accused of stabbing another man on a commuter bus in Charlotte, leaving him seriously injured on Nov. 6, according to the Charlotte Observer.
Separately, federal authorities are touting results from the Trump administration's crackdown on Chicago crime and illegal immigration.
According to Homeland Security officials, Customs and Border Protection's Operation Midway Blitz campaign has resulted in a 16% drop in murders, 35% reduction in shootings and 20% fall in transit crime in the Windy City since it kicked off in the second week of September.
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