Police: Suspect violently robbed elderly man at Loop Brown Line stop

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A surveillance photo of the suspect who violently robbed an elderly man Monday night at the Washington/Wabash Brown Line station in the Loop. | Chicago Police

Police are searching for a suspect who violently robbed an elderly man of his cellphone Monday night on a Brown Line platform in the Loop.

About 9:35 p.m., the 81-year-old was riding a Brown Line train as it approached the Washington/Wabash station at 29 N. Wabash Ave., according to an alert from Chicago Police. As the train’s doors opened at the station, the suspect ripped the man’s cellphone from his hands, and an ensuing struggle caused the man to tumble down a staircase on the platform.

The man suffered a laceration to his right temple, bleeding on the brain, abrasions, bruising and swelling to his hands and knees, police said. He was admitted to an intensive care unit for further observation.

The suspect is described as a black man, thought to be between 19 and 25 years old, standing between 5-foot-4 and 5-foot-7 with a dark brown complexion, police said. He was seen in surveillance footage wearing a black durag, a black Calvin Klein t-shirt, gray pants and a red backpack.

Anyone with information should call Area Central detectives at (312) 747-8384.

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