UPTOWN — A teen who tried to sell pot to a 16-year-old on the Red Line's Berwyn stop platform pulled a gun on him when the 16-year-old said "no."
The gunman, described as in his late teens, approached the younger boy on the platform at 8:50 p.m. May 9, according to a police report.
“You want to buy some weed?” he asked.
When the boy said "no," the dealer moved in close, lifted his sweatshirt and revealed the butt of a handgun.
He then pulled out the gun and, keeping it hidden beneath his sweatshirt, pointed it at the victim and told him to follow him out of the station, according to the report.
But when the gunman reached the exit, he went through the turnstile first. Seizing his chance, the younger boy ran back into the station and gunman, apparently spooked, ran west on Berwyn Avenue and got away.
The boy brought his mother to the nearest police station and filed a report. Officers toured the area around the station but did not make any arrests.
The gunman was wearing a hooded sweatshirt and white gym shoes.
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