Chicago police are investigating two more violent attacks on the transit system, which recently has seen a spate of similar violent robberies.
that the man who was punched was actor Will Clinger — the former host of the WTTW-Channel 11 program “Wild Chicago” and the current host of “Wild Travels.” CBS reported that Clinger remained in intensive care Tuesday night after being attacked. He told the news station that he never saw it coming.The earlier attack occurred around 4:40 a.m. Monday when Chicago police were called to the Belmont CTA station, at 945 W. Belmont Ave. in Lakeview, police said.
Later that night, around 8:45 p.m. Monday, police were called to the Addison Red Line station, at 940 W. Addison St., to investigate a battery and robbery, police said. A 64-year-old man, identified by CBS as Clinger, “was approached by two unknown males who demanded his personal property,” police said. One of the two men also “punched the in the face causing to fall and hit his head on the wall.” He suffered “minor bruising and a laceration to the head and was transported to Illinois Masonic hospital in good condition,” according to police.
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