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4 Killed in Shooting on Transit Train in Chicago Suburb
The authorities said four passengers were fatally shot as the train approached a station in Forest Park, Ill. It was unclear what led to the shooting.
Four people were fatally shot aboard a transit train on Monday morning in a suburb west of Chicago, in what the authorities said was an “isolated” episode.
The shooter fled but was later taken into custody, officials said. A motive for the shooting was not immediately clear.
The shooting, aboard a train at the Forest Park Station in Forest Park, Ill., about 10 miles west of Chicago, was reported to the police around 5:30 a.m., the Village of Forest Park said in a statement.
The authorities said that the victims, who have not been publicly identified, were shot on a westbound Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line train.
Three people were pronounced dead at the station and a fourth victim died at a hospital, the Village of Forest Park said. The authorities did not make public the victims’ ages or genders.
Deputy Chief Christopher Chin of the Forest Park Police Department told reporters at a news conference on Monday that the train was headed toward the Forest Park Station when the shooting happened.
The victims were all passengers, and the shooting was believed to have taken place in two train cars. It was unclear how many people were on the train at the time of the shooting.
The police relied on video surveillance to find the shooter at a Pink Line station, the authorities said. The police also recovered a firearm.
Chief Chin said the shooting was an “isolated” episode.
“This, obviously, is shocking,” he said. “It is uncommon to have a mass shooting like this particularly close to home.”
At the news conference, Mayor Rory Hoskins of Forest Park described the shooting as an “outlier.”
“We never really have mass shootings like this that end in Forest Park,” he told reporters.
The Chicago Transit Authority said that security footage was “vital” in helping the authorities track down the shooter.
“Although this was an isolated incident, this heinous and egregious act of violence should never have occurred,” the authority said.
The Blue Line train, which operates 24 hours, offers service between Forest Park and Chicago O’Hare International Airport, with stops in downtown Chicago.
Mayor Hoskins said the Forest Park Fire and Police Departments responded to the Forest Park Station “probably more than any other” station within their jurisdiction. He called on the transit authority to invest more resources to improve public safety.
Jesus Jiménez covers breaking news, online trends and other subjects. He is based in New York City. More about Jesus Jiménez
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