Overview

• Chicago police identified the suspect as Amid Cordova, 23, and charged him with multiple felony counts, including aggravated battery to a transit employee.
• The attack occurred around 7 a.m. at the Grand Blue Line station in the West Loop after the customer service agent left his booth, police said.
• The victim was punched, shoved onto the tracks, and taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital with minor injuries.
• CBS News Chicago reported the employee is a 27-year veteran of the CTA and age 70.
• ATU Local 308 said bystanders and a coworker helped pull the worker from the tracks and renewed calls for more station security, as CBS cameras recorded police responding.