Woman attacked near CTA’s Garfield train stop

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Chicago police are urging witnesses to come forward after a woman was attacked near a CTA el stop.

Police released pictures of the person they say they are looking for in the attack on 4:30 a.m. on February 24. The 22-year-old woman had just gotten off a Red Line CTA train at the Garfield stop and was walking east on Garfield when a man grabbed her jacket and threw her on the ground, police said. The attack took place in the 100-block of East Garfield.

Police say he tried to sexually assault her, but the woman was able to fight off her attacker.