Police detain person after stabbing report on CTA bus, Chicago IL


A CTA bus operator pressed a silent alarm on bus 822 at Ashland Ave and Archer Ave after a report came in that a person who stabbed a bus driver the previous day was on the bus. Police arrived and detained a female passenger, but her involvement is uncertain. The situation was controlled with no immediate threat confirmed.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 13
02:52
Transcript:
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10-4[3]. Get a bus alarm[1] arching the Ashland, CTA bus, 822, the operator press, the silent alarm.
00:08
Caller was contacted about 911[4] earlier and said a man who stabbed the bus driver yesterday was on the bus.
00:14
915.
00:20
915 for update.
00:23
One flag.
00:25
No, standing the person staffed to see-take bus drivers on the bus, 6822 at Ashland Archer, so he's a male or female.
00:35
10-4[3].
00:42
9-2-2-2. 2-2.
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2.
00:48
You ride with 15 for this subject of the man or female that supposedly stabbed the CTA bus driver.
00:54
Last location on a bus alarm[1] bus 822 at Ashland Archer.
01:00
Go on.
01:06
915.
01:08
15.
01:11
15.
01:14
15.
01:19
Let's slowdown[2] over here.
01:25
15 getting a slowdown[2].
01:27
You're at the orange line or the Aschman Archer at the bus.
01:36
9-0-2-7 i can see him they're at the turn around he's at the turnaround
01:43
yeah 9-0-2 stand they're uh they're okay they're at the turnaround 10 4
01:54
9-2-2-2-2-2 how close are you to Ashland archie
02:06
9-1-5. We're good.
02:13
10-4[3] and did y'all check that bus 822 also? Yeah, we've one female detained, but they don't know for sure if she was ever involved.
02:22
The passenger said she might be involved in a stabbing of a CTA bus driver.
02:27
Are you aware of a CTA bus driver stabbed in nine recently?
02:32
That's a negative and where I'm seeing some of the tickets that happened yesterday.
02:38
They gave a female and a male description as a possible offender.
02:43
They were saying some around 40 in the action, but I don't recall anything either.
02:49
10 will look and detained time 20, 41 hours.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
bus alarm: Emergency alarm activation on a transit bus (e.g., CTA) indicating potential disturbance or emergency
[2]
slowdown: Reduce response; situation under control, respond routine or hold nonessential traffic
[3]
10-4: Acknowledgment; message received or affirmative (OK).
[4]
911: 911 hang-up / disconnect
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Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL
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