Man charged in in wine bottle attack, robbery on CTA Red Line train due in bond court

CHICAGO (WLS) — A person will seem in courtroom after he was charged for a violent armed theft on a CTA Crimson Line prepare that was captured on horrific video, Chicago police stated.

Solomon Washington, 30, is going through a number of felony prices for assault and theft.

Washington was arrested on Wednesday in connection to a violent assault on the CTA Crimson Line final Saturday and a separate theft that passed off late final Sunday.

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Video reveals two males demanding ID from a person who was sleeping on the L, then taking the sufferer’s wine bottle and hanging him within the head, leaving him bleeding in his seat.

The incident occurred on Sept. 24 round 2:42 a.m. on a Crimson Line prepare close to the ninety fifth Avenue station, leaving TeShaun Terry – who recorded the violent confrontation – surprised on her method dwelling. She stated she went trying to find assist on the prepare station, however nobody was round.

“Once I seen the blood I immediately felt so dangerous!” Terry stated. “So, I immediately … when the prepare stopped, I ended the video and I ran upstairs to search for the operators. There have been no operators! There have been no safety! There have been actually nobody!”

Terry stated the 2 males focused a person who seemed to be asleep on the prepare. Police stated the sufferer is unhoused, which made it tough to find him to conduct their investigation.

Within the video, police say Washington tried to rob a 44-year-old man after which hit the sufferer within the head with a glass bottle.

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“This video just about went viral so most individuals have seen the incident. Particular person is attacked on a prepare and hit with a bottle, left bleeding and finally taken to a hospital to get remedy,” CPD Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan. “Everyone labored collectively on this incident to convey this offender to justice.”

Police stated Washington was additionally concerned in a second armed theft during which he punched a 46-year-old man within the face and took his private property the next day, additionally on the ninety fifth Avenue station.

Washington is charged with one rely of armed theft with a harmful weapon, one rely of aggravated battery in a public place, one rely of theft, and one rely of theft, all felonies.

Police stated they’re nonetheless searching for the second man seen within the video of the wine bottle assault.