Gunshot victim pistol-whips man who shot him aboard Red Line in South Loop, police say

[jpak]

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-shooting-red-line-l-cermak-chinatown-20181110-20181110-story.html

Two men were hospitalized after an argument turned bloody early Saturday on the Red Line heading south from the Loop, Chicago police said.

The confrontation between the men turned physical as the 24-year-old pulled out a gun and shot the 38-year-old in the stomach around 12:15 a.m. as the train sped toward the CTA’s Cermak-Chinatown station, police said.

In return, police said, the 38-year-old grabbed the gun from the younger man who just shot him and began beating him with it.

As other passengers fled from the train car as it pulled into the platform in the 100 block of West Cermak Road, police officers found the two men — one shot, the other battered — still in the Red Line car.

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[lunasun]

1. Damn I was just at that station about a week ago

[nycbos]

2. I went to Chicago's chinatown for lunch today.

And I took the redline.

[Xipe Totec]

3. Reminded me of some medieval combat techniques I've read

Where you take the sword by the blade and pummel your opponent with the pommel.

[Sneederbunk]

4. Chicago is a toddlin' town.

[Talitha]

5. I'm GLAD the shooter got pistol-whipped!!!

Damn punk, I hope his face looks like hamburger meat.

(rant over)