Bond Denied For Man Charged With Attempted Murder In CTA Attack

CHICAGO, IL — A man was peeing on CTA tracks on the North Side when a woman snapped a photo of him and told him not to do that, according to a report. He then punched the woman and caused her to fall onto the tracks, police said. The man was charged with attempted murder earlier this week, and was denied bond during a Wednesday hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building.

The attack happened on the Belmont Station platform on Sunday just after 4 p.m., police said. Prosecutors said that after the photo was taken, the two argued briefly and the man told her he was going to kill her, according to a report by the Chicago Tribune.

When she turned away from him, the man punched her from behind, causing her to fall down onto the tracks, according to police.

She was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center in serious condition, police said.

Melvin Doss, 46, who lives in Wicker Park, was recognized by a CTA worker from a surveillance photo that police released after the attack. Doss was taken into custody Tuesday just after 2 p.m. at the CTA Brown Line Kimball Station in Albany Park, police said.

Doss was charged with felony counts of attempted murder and aggravated battery causing great bodily harm, police said.

Image: Melvin Doss, 46, via Chicago Police Department.