Fired CTA worker pleads not guilty to murder in homeless man’s death Police found Kevin Powell unresponsive on the platform of the La Salle Street Blue Line subway stop in March. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 15, 2023
Homeless man beaten at subway stop died of drug overdose; ‘stress’ of attack listed as secondary cause CTA employee Emmett Richardson has pleaded not guilty to felony counts of aggravated battery in connection to the March 25 attack captured on surveillance cameras. Chicago Sun-Times · May 16, 2023
Kevin Powell sought refuge at a subway station. A CTA worker beat him viciously and left him for dead, prosecutors say. ”He was just a nice guy, never gave anyone no trouble,” said Willie Love, a supervisor at a Bronzeville soup kitchen who knew Powell from their younger days at the Robert Taylor Homes. Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 28, 2023
CTA worker accused of beating, tossing man down stairs of subway station, where he was found by police and later pronounced dead The victim of the attack, a 54-year-old man who has not been identified, was found unconscious about 4 a.m. on a stairwell landing at the station, police said. Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 27, 2023