4 arrested after woman robbed at gunpoint on South Loop Red Line platform

The group of males was taken into custody and charges are pending.

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Four males were taken into custody in connection with an armed robbery on a CTA Red Line train April 11, 2021.

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Four people were arrested after a woman was robbed at gunpoint Sunday at the CTA Red Line Roosevelt stop.

Four males confronted the woman about 6:30 p.m. as she sat on a Red Line platform in the 1100 block of South State Street, Chicago police said. They sat down next to her and two of pulled out guns and demanded her belongings, police said.

The group fled onto a southbound train, police said. Police were able to stop the train near 47th Street and arrest the four males.

They were taken into custody and charges are pending.

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