{"id":769045,"date":"2026-05-02T21:48:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T21:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/769045\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T21:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T21:48:16","slug":"group-accused-of-robbing-punching-cta-bus-rider-in-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/769045\/","title":{"rendered":"Group accused of robbing, punching CTA bus rider in Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\"><strong>CHICAGO<\/strong> &#8211; A group of people is being sought in connection with the robbery and assault of a CTA bus rider last month on Chicago\u2019s South Side.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The incident happened around 7:04 p.m. on April 9 in the 5800 block of South Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, in the city\u2019s Washington Park neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">According to police, the victim was riding a CTA bus when several people surrounded him and took his belongings. The group then punched the victim in the face multiple times before running off the bus.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cta-bus-attack-suspects.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">CTA bus attack suspects | CPD <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Police are encouraging CTA riders to stay aware of their surroundings and report suspicious activity.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Anyone with information is asked to contact CPD detectives at 312-745-4447 or submit an anonymous tip <a href=\"https:\/\/www.p3tips.com\/TipForm.aspx?ID=727#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">online<\/a>, referencing case number JK211921.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> The information in this story came from the Chicago Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/organization\/cta\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Transit Authority<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/us\/il\/cook-county\/chicago\/washington-park\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Park<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO &#8211; A group of people is being sought in connection with the robbery and assault of a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":769046,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5404,6082,27248,5386,1818,50,12632,68,63577],"class_list":{"0":"post-769045","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-cook-county","10":"tag-crime-publicsafety","11":"tag-cta","12":"tag-il","13":"tag-illinois","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-organization","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-washington-park"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116507188192276869","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769045","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=769045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/769046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=769045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=769045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=769045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}