Crime & Safety
Uptown Man Charged With Attempted Murder
The man is accused of repeatedly stabbing a woman at a CTA Red Line station on the South Side.
CHICAGO — A North Side man has been charged with attempted murder after a stabbing at a CTA Red Line Station, police said. The attack happened around 7:15 a.m. on Saturday at the 95th/Dan Ryan station at 14 W. 95th St., according to police.
Ricky McMahon, 32, is accused of stabbing a woman in the back, wrist and legs. Officers chased him to a nearby bus shelter and arrested him, police said.
The victim remains at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in serious condition as of Monday morning. Police placed a life saving tourniquet on her before paramedics rushed her to the hospital.
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McMahon had a previous weapons conviction stemming from a 2003 arrest, police said.
He was scheduled to appear in bond court Monday.
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Tim Moran contributed to this report.
Image: Ricky McMahon, 32, via Chicago Police Department.
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