Man threatens CTA transit security with knife
Chicago IL Nov 7 2023
A man tried to get onto the Forest Park ‘L’ terminal platform without paying, threatening to stab a security guard who tried to stop him.
On Oct. 31 at around 6:50 p.m., the man and his female companion arrived at the terminal. According to the security officers, some of the people hanging out at the bus boarding areas made lewd comments about the woman, which upset the man. He then tried to get through the turnstiles without paying by reaching over the handicapped turnstile gate, trying to hit the button in the back that would unlock it.
The security guards confronted the man. The man then pushed the turnstile door open, pinning one of the guards to the escalator wall to the north of the turnstiles. The man then lifted his shirt, pulled out a knife and threatened to stab the two.
By the time the police arrived, the man was on the platform, running west toward the ‘L’ train rail yard. He ignored the orders to stop, hopped off the platform onto the tracks and jumped down to the north bus boarding area entrance. He was last seen running north on Grove Lane.
The woman stayed on the scene, and told the officers that she just recently met the man, and didn’t know him.
