Person assaulted with shovel on train near Austin exit, Chicago IL


A person was assaulted with a shovel on a CTA train near the Austin exit and is bleeding heavily. The attacker wearing yellow pants carrying a shovel is still nearby. The victim asks for police and medical help and fears being left alone.
Audio|Source: CTA Rail Ops - Chicago Transit Authority
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Transcript:
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I got a passenger to keep up to me. He's full of blood. He says that there's a guy with a, he just went up the ramp here towards the Austin exit. He has yellow pants on, he has a shovel. He was, at least beating him. I don't know if he beat multiple people, but he beat him up with a shovel. He's bleeding bad.
00:19
I can see him. He's on the ramp. He's got a big shovel.
00:24
Is anyone requesting medical police, 118?
00:29
Yeah, I'm going to, this guy was asking for police.
00:32
Let me ask him again if you want the medical.
00:36
And what railcar in position was this incident on 118.
00:42
8th car 7057.
00:46
At the 8th car,
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control of 118, that's the 8th railcar. That's the 8th rail car.
00:53
Rail Patrol, 206, 206, remain at Pulaski, 110 once you arrive in the Cicero, remain sent.
01:00
Yep.
01:02
Rail control to 118.
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118.
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168, that railcar,
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in position.
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8 railcar 7057.
01:16
I see that there's stuff.
01:20
No.
01:22
He's got isolated in the A's car.
01:25
10-4. Do we know if that individual needs medical or police attention?
01:30
He says, yeah, he wants medical and police.
01:35
He says he just doesn't want to be left alone because he knows that guy was kind of still in the station here.
01:42
M. T.M.
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