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Well done. He ran in the Chicago marathon afterwards.
Good Samaritan disarms man ‘walking around robbing people’ on Chicago train Posted 6:59 pm, October 15, 2019, by Tribune Media Wire Service
CHICAGO — A good Samaritan said he jumped into action after realizing another rider was robbing people at gunpoint on a CTA Blue Line train in Chicago before Sunday's marathon.
As the train stopped at Cumberland, Jean Paul LaPierre stepped off and asked another commuter why marathoners seemed to be rushing for the doors.
“I said, 'This doesn’t seem like the right way,'" LaPierre said. "He said, ‘No, there’s a guy on the train walking around right now robbing people.' That kind of made me mad."
He decided to head back onto the train and confront the man entirely on his own. LaPierre grappled with the robber and held him against the side of the train, pulling the gun from his hand in the process, WGN reported.
What happened next was caught on camera by a passenger still on the train. Continued
