Man Assaulted, Robbed of Cat at CTA Station: Police

A man at the Howard Street CTA station was assaulted by someone who knocked him out, took his keys and drove off with his car last Tuesday, according to police.

Police said they received a call from a CTA worker who said a man was bleeding from the head at the 7500 block of North Paulina.

When police arrived at the scene, the 69-year-old told them he was walking down stairs of the station’s attached Park and Ride garage when a person hit him in the face and knocked him out in the stairwell, police said.

When he woke up, he discovered his keys, money and phone were missing, police said. He also discovered that his 2001 Green 4 door Mitsubishi Gallant was also missing.

The man was taken to St. Francis Hospital and treated for head and face injuries and release, police said.

Police said surveillance cameras caught the assailant waiting for the victim before the attack. Nobody is in custody in the incident, according to police

"I'm devastated, because that's not something that I normally hear that takes place here at the Howard station because it's so heavily secured with the CTA," said Mary Baily, a CTA rider.

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