A 62-year-old Chicago man is alive today, but his family is describing a recovery that comes with fear, confusion, and a long road back.
In a WGN News report, Christine Flores said three teenagers are now charged in a brutal beating on a CTA bus that left Larry Gilkey in a coma. Flores reported that two of the suspects will be handled as juveniles, while one will be tried as an adult.
And in a separate CBS Chicago report, Jermont Terry added the detail that makes this story even harder to swallow: this wasn’t the first time Gilkey said he was attacked on CTA. Terry reported Gilkey was also attacked and robbed on the Blue Line in July 2024, meaning this is his second violent CTA incident in less than two years…