Overview
- Prosecutors charged 39-year-old Tommie O. Carter with attempted first-degree murder and three counts of aggravated battery to police after a Monday incident at the Harlem Avenue Blue Line stop in Forest Park.
- Authorities say Carter demanded money from a 59-year-old man described as having an intellectual disability, then shoved and struck him, causing the victim to fall onto the tracks near the electrified third rail.
- CTA personnel and the train conductor stopped an approaching outbound train and enabled a rescue, with power to the third rail cut; the victim was hospitalized with multiple knee fractures.
- Police arrested Carter at the station after a struggle in which he resisted commands and spat on officers; several officers received treatment at Loyola University Medical Center.
- Court records note Carter’s extensive criminal history and an October arrest that left him on pretrial release; his next court date is set for Dec. 19.