7 Arrested in Machete Attack Chicago - Four adults and three juveniles were taken into custody and accused of a gang-related assault captured on a surveillance video at a Chicago train station.
According to several 7 arrested in Machete attack Chicago reports, the vicious onslaught happened early Monday morning at the Brown Line Kedzie CTA station in the Albany Park neighborhood.
A 26-year-old man and his 17-year-old brother were reportedly waiting for the train shortly after midnight when the group of 7 arrested in Machete attack Chicago approached them and ordered them to flash gang signs.
The brothers refused saying they were not members of a gang, and that was when 18-year-old Mario Elvira took out a machete and struck the older brother in the head, cops said.
Cook County State's Attorney's office spokeswoman Tandra Simonton, told the Associated Press that the 26-year-old victim of the 7 arrested in Machete attack Chicago endured a 6 inches long and 1 1/2 inches deep laceration. He was taken to the Swedish Covenant Hospital where he received 30 stitches and remains hospitalized in stable condition.
Elvira; Kevar Preston, 20; Jean Salvatierra, 23; Kevin Ramirez, 19; and two 15-year-old males and a 15-year-old female - all suspects in the 7 arrested in Machete attack Chicago case - then fled the scene, police said.
They were however, eventually busted by cops. All the 7 arrested in Machete attack Chicago were reportedly from the North side of the city.
An informant who provided WLS-TV/ABC7 with the video footage, reportedly said he believes the 7 arrested in Machete attack Chicago only stopped because a CTA train was coming at the time.
The 7 arrested in Machete attack Chicago appeared in court Tuesday, before Judge Bourgeois. The four adults were formally charged with felony counts of robbery, aggravated battery with great bodily harm and trespassing on CTA property. All minors were also charged with trespassing on CTA property, with one additionally charged with aggravated assault.
Elvira and Preston were ordered held on $450,000 bond, while Salvatierra and Ramirez are being held on $250,000 bond, the Chicago Tribune has learned.
The adults in the 7 arrested in Machete attack Chicago are reportedly set to appear again in court Sept. 15.
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