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Man Hit With Hammer On Red Line Train In River North

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Someone hit a man with a hammer early Monday morning on board a CTA Red Line train in the River North neighborhood.

Police said, shortly before 2 a.m., officers responded to the Grand/State station on the Red Line, after a male passenger on a southbound train hit a 58-year-old man in the chest with a hammer.

The victim refused medical treatment at the scene.

The suspect was taken into custody.

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