Authorities are searching for three people suspected of robbing passengers aboard a CTA Red Line train on the North Side.
The robberies began around 10:50 p.m. Tuesday on a southbound Red Line train in the 1100 block of West Bryn Mawr Avenue in Edgewater, Chicago police said.
Subsequent robberies occurred shortly afterward in the 3900 block of North Sheridan Road in Lakeview and the 1200 block of North Clark Street in Old Town, police said.
In each case, the three robbers approached the passengers and beat them, then took their personal belongings before forcing the passengers off the train, police said.
The robbers – two men and a woman – are described by police as black, aged 14 to 20 and of varying heights and weights.
One man wore a black and gray hooded sweatshirt, the other man wore a black and red long-sleeved shirt, and the woman wore a gray hooded sweatshirt during the robberies, according to images released by police.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Chicago police at (312) 745-4447 or submit an anonymous tip at cpdtip.com.
