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CHICAGO — A South Shore parolee who was shot on a Red Line train over the weekend disarmed the shooter and then pistol-whipped the 24-year-old man with the gun, breaking the weapon in two, according to authorities. Both men were hospitalized, and the shooter told Chicago police that he was acting in self-defense, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Roy Lee — the 38-year-old man who was shot — was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon in the incident. He is being held without bail, and a hold has been placed on him by state prison officials, according to the Tribune.
The shooting happened at around 12:15 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, on a Red Line train traveling from the Loop to the Cermak-Chinatown Station, the report stated. The shooter — who has concealed carry license — told police that he opened fire in self-defense after Lee, an acquaintance, started beating him following an argument, the report added.
Lee was wounded in the stomach by the gunfire, but he was still able to wrestle away the gun from the other man, the report stated. He then took the weapon and began beating the shooter with the firearm, the report added.
When the train finally pulled into the station in the 100 block of West Cermak Road, police found the men in the car, bloodied and hurt from their altercation, the report stated. Both men were taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, the report added.
Prosecutors said that the man Lee beat suffered multiple injuries and needed stitches to his head, the report stated. Lee had been in fair condition following the incident, but he was healthy enough to attend his hearing Sunday, the report added.
According to prosecutors, Lee confessed to police that he initially hit his acquaintance, the report stated. Lee had been on parole after he was convicted of unlawful vehicular invasion conviction in 2011, the report added.
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/man-shot-red-line-disarms-shooter-beats-him-gun-cops