Boston man disarms robber with gun on train before running Chicago Marathon

A Boston man disarmed a robber on a train in Chicago on Sunday before running in the city’s marathon.Jean Paul LaPierre, 54, was on a CTA Blue Line train when he stepped off and asked another commuter why marathoners seemed to be rushing for the doors, WGN-TV reported.He said he was told there was another man on the train robbing commuters.LaPierre got back on the train and confronted the robber. Video captured of the incident shows LaPierre struggling with the man and pulling a gun from his hands. “I’m a boxer. I’ll break your head in one punch,” he said in the video.LaPierre said he grew up boxing, which prepared him for the encounter, the station reported.The alleged robber, identified as Tremaine Anderson, 30, has a long history of prior arrests, After the incident, LaPierre said he ran his twelfth Chicago Marathon, adding that he ran as a “bandit,” someone who runs marathons without always registering.

A Boston man disarmed a robber on a train in Chicago on Sunday before running in the city’s marathon.

Jean Paul LaPierre, 54, was on a CTA Blue Line train when he stepped off and asked another commuter why marathoners seemed to be rushing for the doors, WGN-TV reported.


He said he was told there was another man on the train robbing commuters.

LaPierre got back on the train and confronted the robber. Video captured of the incident shows LaPierre struggling with the man and pulling a gun from his hands.

“I’m a boxer. I’ll break your head in one punch,” he said in the video.

LaPierre said he grew up boxing, which prepared him for the encounter, the station reported.

The alleged robber, identified as Tremaine Anderson, 30, has a long history of prior arrests,

After the incident, LaPierre said he ran his twelfth Chicago Marathon, adding that he ran as a “bandit,” someone who runs marathons without always registering.