Man charged in Labor Day Red Line stabbing in Uptown

A Chicago man is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday, charged with stabbing another passenger on a CTA Red Line train in Uptown on Labor Day.

Trent Prusinski, 23, is charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and aggravated battery causing great bodily harm, Chicago police said.

Around 1:15 p.m. on Sept. 2, a 37-year-old man was arguing with Prusinski on the train in the 900 block of West Wilson Avenue when Prusinski stabbed him multiple times, Chicago police said.

The victim fled the train and went to the 4700 block of North Broadway before he was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, police said. He was initially in critical condition.

Prusinski, of Uptown, is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday.