Chicago police are asking for the public’s help identifying a suspect who pushed a 69-year-old man down the stairs inside a CTA station near the Magnificent Mile on Wednesday afternoon.
Mass Transit Detectives say the suspect approached the victim from behind as he walked down the staircase inside the Chicago-State Red Line Station at 800 North State Street around 1:50 p.m. on June 24. The assailant grabbed the man’s shoulder and shoved him down the stairs before fleeing the station, leaving the victim with “minor” injuries, according to CPD.
Police described the suspect as a Black male between 16 and 18 years old, 5-foot-6 to 5-foot-8, weighing between 150 and 170 pounds, with a light complexion. He was last seen wearing a green and black camouflage balaclava on the lower part of his face, a black hoodie, black pants and grey gym shoes…