CTA commuter robbed at gunpoint on train
A man was robbed of his iPhone at gunpoint while on a CTA Red Line train late Sunday night in the Uptown neighborhood on the North Side.
The incident happened at 10:50 p.m. when the 47-year-old computer technician was on a southbound Red Line train that was stopped at the Wilson station, on the 4620 block of North Broadway, according to Town Hall District police.
A man in his late teens dressed in dark clothing got on the train, pointed a gray pistol at the man who had the iPhone in his hand and said, “Give me the phone or I’ll shoot you,’’ according to police.
The victim complied and the suspect ran off the train before it started moving again. No one was hurt and the weapon was not fired, according to police who said the victim stayed on the train until the next stop when he exited the train with witnesses and reported the incident to officers.
No one was in custody at 2:30 a.m.
Belmont Area detectives are investigating.