The attack happened early Monday near the 500 block of North State Street, police said.
CHICAGO — A 58-year-old man was attacked with a hammer early Monday on the Red Line, police said.
At 1:55 a.m., the man was on the Red Line near the 500 block of North State Street when a man in the train car hit him in his chest with a hammer, police said.
The victim refused emergency medical services.
The alleged attacker was taken into custody, police said.
Further details were not immediately available.
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