Four people were killed on a train in the Chicago area Monday morning.
Police responded to the scene after a 911 call Monday morning about a shooting at the Forest Park CTA Blue Line station at 711 Desplaines Avenue in Forest Park, Illinois.
Three people were pronounced dead at the scene and a fourth died in hospital.
A suspect fled the scene but was later arrested on a CTA Pink Line train in Chicago, police said. Alphabet 7.
Four people died on a train in Forest Park, Illinois
A gun was recovered during the arrest, police said.
Authorities said the incident appears to be isolated and there is no additional threat to the public.
The CTA said in a statement: ‘While this was an isolated incident, this heinous and outrageous act of violence should never have happened, let alone on a public transit train.
‘As soon as this matter was reported, CTA immediately deployed resources to assist Forest Park Police in their investigation into the matter, including reviewing all potential security camera footage, which proved vital in assisting local law enforcement.’
Police responded to the scene after a 911 call Monday morning about a shooting at the Forest Park CTA Blue Line station at 711 Desplaines Avenue.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact Forest Park police at 708-366-2425.
Chicago crime statistics show the city hit its highest murder rate in a decade in 2023, with 617 deaths last year alone, the most in the nation for a major city.
Last month, a member of the Texas Democratic delegation was robbed at gunpoint during the party’s national convention.