4 sleeping passengers fatally shot on train, mayor of Chicago suburb says; suspect arrested; gun recovered
Four sleeping passengers aboard a Chicago Transit Authority train were fatally shot Monday morning, according to the mayor of Forest Park, a Chicago suburb.
CTA workers discovered the shooting victims around 5:30 a.m., WLS-TV reported, adding that Forest Park police said they received a 911 call about the shooting. Three victims were pronounced dead at the scene, and a fourth died at Loyola University Medical Center, the station said.
‘It’s a Monday morning on a holiday. Everyone is supposed to enjoying their time off, time with their families; it’s Labor Day. …’
Forest Park Mayor Rory Hoskins told WLS the victims, all adults, were sleeping at the time they were shot.
“These victims likely never saw it coming,” Hoskins added to the station. “They were executed on Labor Day. In our community, people go to the pool. They go to the park. You know, they barbecue. But today a lot of people were calling the mayor’s office, expressing concern and asking if they were safe.”
Police told WLS the shooter fled the scene, but officers took a suspect into custody within 90 minutes and recovered the gun allegedly used in the shooting.
“We believe he got off at the Forest Park stop, and he was apprehended at a Pink Line station in Chicago somewhere, so he may have gotten on a train going the opposite direction,” Hoskins added to the station.
Police told WLS the shooting occurred on two train cars.
“I mean, it’s a horrible situation,” Forest Park Police Deputy Chief Christopher Chin added to the station. “It is definitely something you don’t want to wake up to. It’s a Monday morning on a holiday. Everyone is supposed to enjoying their time off, time with their families; it’s Labor Day.”
Forest Park police and the West Suburban Major Crimes Task Force are investigating the shooting, WLS said, adding that police said it appears to be an isolated incident, and there is no ongoing threat to the public.
Neither the shooting suspect nor the shooting victims have been identified, the station said.
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