Crime & Safety

Man Struck, Critically Injured By Stray Bullet While Sitting On Train

The bullet was a stray bullet and the man was not the intended target, police said.

CHICAGO (CBS) — At 6 p.m., the 22-year-old man was on sitting on the Chicago Transit Authority Green Line train at the 51st Street stop when he was struck in the back of the neck by a bullet, police said.

The bullet was a stray bullet and the man was not the intended target, police said. He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition.

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