EVANSTON, Ill. - Police in north suburban Evanston are looking for a suspect in connection with a reported sexual assault on a CTA train early Friday morning.
Around 1 a.m., police were called to the area of Dodge Avenue and Mulford Street for the incident that had happened on the CTA Yellow Line train traveling toward Skokie, according to the Evanston Police Department.
What we know:
A male suspect reportedly approached the female victim from behind, grabbed her and tried to forcibly undress her, police said.
When the victim resisted, the offender pulled her to the floor and struck her multiple times before fleeing the train on foot.
Responding officers were unable to find the offender.
The victim had non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to a local hospital for evaluati