CHICAGO — Police are asking for help in the search for a man who officers believe was involved in a robbery on a CTA bus last week.
According to Chicago police, the incident unfolded just after 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 24, on a northbound #8 Halsted bus.
Officers said a woman was sitting on the bus with her phone in her hand when a person forcibly took the phone from her and fled from the rear of the bus.
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A search for the person responsible is now underway.
Officers said they believed the person responsible was a male who was believed to be in his late teens or early twenties and stood between 6-foot-2 and 6 feet tall.
On Friday, police provided photos captured by CTA security cameras showing the man wanted in connection with the robbery.
In the photos, the person can be seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black jeans that were ripped above the knees and brown and white Jordan brand shoes.