PERSON IN CUSTODY AFTER GIRL, 7, SUFFERS ‘ MINOR’ STAB WOUND
A person was taken into custody when a 7- year- old girl was stabbed in the leg Saturday afternoon in the South Side Woodlawn neighborhood.
The girl was stabbed and suffered a “minor puncture wound” to her right thigh about 2: 45 p. m. in the 6100 block of South Drexel, according to Chicago Police.
Police said the stabbing happened during a “domestic- related incident.”
The girl was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital, where her condition was stabilized, police said. A suspect in the stabbing was taken into custody, and charges were pending. Matthew Hendrickson
Armed robberies reported near CTA, Metra stations
Passengers getting off trains have been targeted for armed robberies, Chicago Police said.
Each time, the suspect walked up to a person getting off a train, showed a weapon and demanded property, according to Chicago Police. The robberies happened: † Between 11: 45 p. m. Dec. 25 and midnight Dec. 26 in the first block of West Harrison Street, near Metra’s La Salle Street Station and a few blocks west of the CTA’s Harrison Red Line station;
† Between 10: 30 p. m. and 11: 30 p. m. Dec. 26 in the 200 block of South State, between the Monroe and Jackson Red Line stations;
† 12: 09 a. m. Dec. 27 in the 200 block of West 47th, near the 47th Red Line station;
† About 12: 45 a. m. Dec. 28 in the 200 block of South State; and
† Between 3: 30 a. m. and 4 a. m. Dec. 28 in the 900 block of West Fullerton, near the Fullerton Red Line station.
The suspect was wearing a dark, hooded coat with a tan scarf, faded jeans and tan boots, police said. Nader Issa
Pellet- gun shooting at CTA’s Grand station
A man was hurt when someone shot him in the face with a pellet gun Saturday night at a CTA station on the Near North Side.
About 9 p. m., the 21- yearold was sitting on the platform of the Grand Station when a male got onto a Red Line train and then fired a shot from a pellet gun at him, Chicago Police said.
The man was struck in the face and taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital for treatment, police said. The shooter stayed on the 95th/ Dan Ryan- bound train and was not in custody. Matthew Hendrickson
Gas station case charge
A man has been charged with robbing a gas station at gunpoint Wednesday in far west suburban Sycamore.
Michael J. Wesbrock, 38, is charged with armed robbery, Sycamore police said.
The robbery was reported at 4: 03 p. m. at the BP gas station at 1615 DeKalb Ave. in Sycamore, police said, adding that surveillance images led to tips that helped identify Wesbrock.