Authorities charged CTA customer service assistant Emmett Richardson, 39, of Douglas, in the Saturday attack at the LaSalle Blue Line station.
A stairwell at the CTA Blue Line LaSalle Station on March 25, 2023, in Chicago. A man was beaten on the stairwell early Saturday and died.
Authorities charged CTA customer service assistant Emmett Richardson, 39, from the Douglas neighborhood on the South Side, in the Saturday attack at the LaSalle Blue Line station.Man dies at Loop Blue Line station; Chicago police probe CTA staffer’s role: CTA, sources“The alleged actions on the part of this CTA employee are absolutely reprehensible,” CTA President Dorval Carter said in a statement.
According to law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation, Richardson confronted the man shortly after 3 a.m. on the CTA platform. Richardson kicked a wheelchair the man had been resting against before the man stood up, the sources said.
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