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Man charged in fatal shooting of 4 people on train near Chicago
Headline from ABC 7 San Francisco, on the newest of 2 developments
A man has been charged with first degree murder after four people were fatally shot on a Chicago Transit Authority train in Forest Park, Illinois.
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4 people killed on Chicago-area L train likely didn't even see the shooter, official says
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Man charged in fatal shooting of 4 people on train near Chicago
Illinois authorities announced that four people were killed after a gunman opened fire on a CTA Blue Line train early morning. A suspect was arrested on a Pink Line train.
By Cheri Mossburg and Bill Kirkos, CNN (CNN) — Four people are dead following a mass shooting aboard a Chicago transit train Monday morning, police said. “The victims, they were all passengers on the train early this morning,” said Forest Park Deputy Chief Chris Chin.
Three people were pronounced dead at the Forest Park station, an above-ground stop on the Chicago Transit Authority’s Blue Line. The fourth victim died at a hospital.
FOREST PARK, Ill. (AP) — A shooting on a subway train outside Chicago on Labor Day morning left four people dead, police said. Three people were pronounced dead at the Forest Park station, an above-ground stop on the Chicago Transit Authority’s Blue Line. The fourth victim died at a hospital.
Associated Press FOREST PARK, Ill. (AP) — Officials say a man suspected of killing four people aboard a Chicago-area transit train shot them at close range while they were asleep. The shooting took place before 5:30 a.m. Monday aboard the Chicago area’s L system.
Four people were shot dead while they were sleeping on a Chicago Transit Authority train in a suburban Illinois village on Monday morning, according to police.
The suspect initially escaped from the scene, but was later found through Chicago Transit Authority surveillance video. Police now have the person in custody and seized a firearm in their possession.
Four passengers on a Chicago-area commuter train were fatally shot Monday, police said, in an early-morning attack that rattled the suburban village of Forest Park, Ill.
By Cheri Mossburg and Bill Kirkos, CNN (CNN) — Four people who appeared to be sleeping on a Chicago transit train were fatally shot Monday morning, police said. “The victims, they were all passengers on the train early this morning,” said Forest Park Deputy Chief Chris Chin.
