Overview

• Prosecutors say the CTA customer service agent was punched and shoved from the Grand station platform onto the Blue Line tracks around 7 a.m. Thursday.
• The suspect, identified by police as 23-year-old Cordova, faces multiple felony aggravated battery counts, including against a victim over 60 and a transit employee, plus a misdemeanor theft charge.
• Police arrested Cordova hours after the attack in the 400 block of South Halsted Street, and a judge ordered him detained pending trial on Friday.
• The victim was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital; prosecutors reported head injuries, including a lost tooth, after bystanders helped lift him back to the platform.
• ATU Local 308 called for increased transit security, with the union president noting customers and a coworker assisted the injured employee.