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CTA Janitor Killed In Stabbing At Damen Green Line Station
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
7
First seen
Oct 8, 4:00 PM CDT
updated Oct 12, 7:00 AM CDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by WGN-TV, WFLD and 5 others, not yet confirmed.
What Happened
A Chicago man was charged with murder and robbery in the fatal stabbing of a CTA janitor at a Green Line station, WGN-TV reported. Surveillance video captured the attack, which occurred last week while the suspect was on electronic monitoring, according to prosecutors cited by WLS-TV and WFLD.
Written by our system from the sources below (7), version 12, Oct 12, 8:08 AM CDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.
- Surveillance video captured fatal stabbing of CTA worker, prosecutors say · WFLD
- Man charged with fatally stabbing CTA janitor at Green Line station · Chicago Sun-Times
- Murder charges filed in stabbing of CTA janitor last week · WMAQ-TV
- Chicago man charged in robbery, fatal stabbing of CTA janitor at Green Line stop, Chicago police announce · WGN-TV
- Suspect was on electronic monitoring when he stabbed CTA worker to death at Green Line stop: pros. · WLS-TV
- Muere empleado de la CTA tras ser apuñalado en la estación Damen/Lake: CPD · WSNS-TV
- CTA Employee Fatally Stabbed At Green Line Station, Reports Say · Block Club Chicago
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How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.
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