Chicago police are searching for a man who allegedly tried sexually assaulting a woman on a CTA train Saturday in Austin.
The woman was traveling west on a Blue Line train between the Cicero and Austin stops when the man, who was exposing himself and making sexual comments, approached her, Chicago police said.
He then attacked her and tried to sexually assault her before fleeing from the train at the Austin stop, police said.
Police described him as a Black man in his 40s, medium build with short black hair and a full beard. He was wearing a black, unzipped jacket, white t-shirt, dark jeans with red and blue bandanas hanging from the back pockets and white gym shoes.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Area 4 detectives at (312) 746-8251. Anonymous tips can be submitted at cpdtip.com.