{"id":1001088,"date":"2026-08-14T21:50:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T21:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1001088\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T21:50:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T21:50:21","slug":"man-wanted-after-allegedly-slapping-woman-on-cta-bus-on-goose-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1001088\/","title":{"rendered":"Man wanted after allegedly slapping woman on CTA bus on Goose Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786562663_163_default-image.png\" alt=\"Livestream\" class=\"livestream-poster-image\" data-v-e2115db2=\"\"\/>     <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\"><strong>CHICAGO<\/strong> &#8211; A man accused of slapping a woman aboard a CTA bus on Goose Island and fleeing the scene is being sought by police.<\/p>\n<p>   Man reportedly attacks woman on CTA bus <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The incident happened about 10:12 p.m. July 29 in the 1500 block of North Clybourn Avenue.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Chicago police said a woman riding a CTA bus was approached by a man who yelled profanities at her before slapping her in the head.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The man then got off the bus and fled the scene. The woman was not injured.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Police described the man as 40 to 50 years old and bald. He was wearing a green jacket, dark pants and black shoes with white laces and white soles.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/suspect-.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">A man accused of slapping a woman aboard a CTA bus on Goose Island and fleeing the scene is being sought by police. <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Police are urging CTA riders to remain aware of their surroundings and immediately report suspicious activity.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Anyone with information is asked to contact Mass Transit Detectives at 312-745-4447 or submit an anonymous tip at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.p3tips.com\/TipForm.aspx?ID=727#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CPDTIP.com<\/a> using reference number JK-353177.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> The information in this article was provided by the Chicago Police Department.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/us\/il\/cook-county\/chicago\/goose-island\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Goose Island<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/organization\/cta\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Transit Authority<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO &#8211; A man accused of slapping a woman aboard a CTA bus on Goose Island and fleeing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1001089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5404,6082,27248,400833,5386,1818,50,12632,68],"class_list":["post-1001088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago","tag-chicago","tag-cook-county","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-cta","tag-goose-island","tag-il","tag-illinois","tag-news","tag-organization","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117096078016137239","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1001088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1001089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1001088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1001088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1001088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}