CTA ends unarmed security contract
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A crash on the city's South Side impacted the CTA bus service on Wednesday morning. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch. The crash happened at about 12:14 a.m.
No one was shot but police officers rushed to the shooting when a 10-1 emergency was called for the 5:40 p.m. incident on a parked bus, Chicago police said.
Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday marked the start of construction season for the Chicago Transit Authority.
Ald. Stephanie Coleman (16th) denounced the “sudden termination” of contracts with Monterrey Security and its two Black sub-contractors as a “betrayal of the city’s commitment to equity” because it put more than 70 African-American security workers out of work with less than a week’s notice.
Area 3 detectives took to X on Wednesday with a brief but urgent alert, saying Public Transportation detectives are investigating an aggravated battery on a Chicago Transit Authority vehicle in downtown Chicago.
Chicago police say a man is in custody after he fired shots at a parked CTA bus that was unoccupied on Monday.