The Saturday night attack took place at roughly 7:30 p.m. local time as the victims were standing on the platform of the Chicago Red Line train station near a group of some 50 teens. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, matters escalated when one of the teenagers approached a 26-year-old man and asked him if he was recording the group, which he quickly denied.
Within moments, the traveler and two other individuals, a 29-year-old woman and her 28-year-old boyfriend, were violently beaten by several of the teens at the train stop. Footage recorded by someone in the crowd and uploaded on social media shows the teens pushing one of the men against a stand, proceeding to throw punches at his head and back before connecting hits with the woman.
Alderman Brian Hopkins, of Chicago's Second Ward, tweeted Thursday that one of the wanted teens had been arrested, and is now facing charges of felony aggravated battery and mob action. The Sun-Times reported that the arrestee is 15 years old.
Should community members have any information, officials are urging them to reach out to the Area Central Detectives.