An 11-year-old girl has been arrested and charged with felony aggravated assault on a victim over 60 years of age and felony robbery on a victim over 60 years of age in connection with the brutal beating of a 63-year-old man by a group of eight to 10 young people on a Chicago train earlier this month.
In addition to the girl, four other minors and an 18-year-old woman were arrested and charged in connection with the attack on the Chicago Transit Authority train. WFLD-TV reported..
“They were like, ‘Oh, you’re going to start something with us!’ And I was literally like going through a gauntlet of fists.”
The victim, Michael Manning, told the station he was heading home after a 12-hour shift when a group of young men and women boarded his train at the LaSalle/Van Buren station just after 11 p.m. on July 8 and targeted him.
“I knew right away that no matter what I said or did, this wasn’t going to work,” Manning told the station. “I stood up, and I’m 6-foot-4 and that was not a good move. I was immediately punched in the back of the head and thrown into the middle of the group. They were like, ‘Oh my God, are you trying to start something with us?’ And I was literally going through a gauntlet of fists.”
Manning called the attack “surreal” in an interview with WFLD. here “I was totally shocked. I felt numb,” he said.
“They started hitting me and I knew I had to get out of the car to avoid dying,” he added at the police station.
Manning told WFLD he got off the train one stop later, but the group I chased him The officers then continued beating Manning, leaving him bloody on the platform before hopping back on the train. Manning provided photos to the station showing his right ear and cheek covered in blood and a bruise over his right eye. He told WFLD that only some of his belongings were stolen, including his debit card.
“I cannot understand how this kind of lawlessness, this senseless disrespect and this disregard for basic humanity is possible,” Manning told the station, adding, “There are no checks and balances anywhere.”
Who else was arrested?
Other arrests included 16 year old male The man was handcuffed Monday in the 1700 block of South State Street and charged with felony robbery of a victim over 60 years old and felony aggravated assault of a victim over 60 years old, WFLD reported.
A 15-year-old female and two males, ages 14 and 16, were arrested Tuesday in the 7000 block of South Cottage Avenue and all three were charged with felony robbery of a victim over 60 years old and felony aggravated assault of a victim over 60 years old, according to the sheriff’s office.
Tamia Washington, 18, was arrested Wednesday in the 1700 block of South State Street and charged with one felony count of robbery of a victim over 60 years old, and a detention hearing is scheduled for Thursday, WFLD reported.
Police are asking anyone with information to contact Chicago Police Public Transit Detectives at 312-745-4447, adding that anonymous tips can also be submitted. translation:.
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