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Robbery on CTA blue line near Damen stationChicago IL

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Damen, 1558 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60622

According to the dispatch call, a robbery occurred on the CTA Blue Line near Damen station involving three male offenders wearing black and face masks. One offender carried a knife, another brass knuckles, and a third had an unknown weapon. The victim exited the train while the offenders remained on board.

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02:37
Transcript:
00:00
The 14 citywide, we're getting a robbery just occurred.
00:02
Near Damen.
00:04
47-year-old male is pressing PD.
00:06
Come on Jump-Dem while on the CTA Blue Line.
00:08
So coming in a week's details, 14-0-3.
00:15
Zero one, Sam.
00:18
7301-1. Sam.
00:20
Is that Blue Line, Damen,
00:21
up north? Four.
00:27
At 10-4[1], I guess the offender was on the northbound blue line at the same and the vendor was said to be armed with an ice with falling against so far as details to follow on a ticket.
00:44
23-1 stand from this blue line robbery.
00:46
There are three male offenders all wearing black with face masks.
00:50
One armed with a knife, one armed with brass knuckles,
00:54
and another one had an unknown weapon.
00:56
Again, three male offenders all in black with face masks.
00:58
All right, so this all happened on the train, the offenders stayed on and the victim got off, correct?
01:10
That's what it is looking like.
01:19
For 1422 that is a halt, it's not, sorry, it's going to be an assault, it's not about a gun robbery on that blue line run.
01:34
6-1.
01:36
7361.
01:37
7361.
01:38
Let me grab a 5-4 minute station for Weston and the Loo.
01:48
All right, station is going to be 0652, 00652, and the platform's going to be 0.054, 006554.
01:58
Yeah, 4.
02:00
933 units and then the citywide reported for a person with a gun person with a gun near Rockwell, male Hispanic female Hispanic who appears to be pregnant with struck by a male she saw a black gun unknown alcohol of drugs they're throwing things out of the window nothing further district 9 number 13 clear.
02:24
1422 is now fought on fighting that robbery from the Damen and the blue line still waiting on a further flash.
02:29
I got the last update on the ticket which was three male offenders all in black with face masks one armed with a knife and brass knuckles and an unknown left on a third.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment; message received or affirmative (OK).

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Location mentioned:
Damen, 1558 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
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