Man killed by CTA train after falling onto the tracks on Chicago's South Side
Police said he was hit by the arriving train and later died at Stroger Hospital.
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Police said he was hit by the arriving train and later died at Stroger Hospital.
CTA leaders are renewing their push for a dedicated police force to patrol the transit system.
Union leaders now say their members who work for the CTA continue to worry about their safety — to the point where many do not want to come to work. Sabrina Franza reports.
Union leaders now say their members who work for the CTA are so scared that they do not want to come to work. Sabrina Franza reports.
Police said the 30-year-old victim was walking on the sidewalk along Cicero Avenue at the Eisenhower Expressway when police said a black Nissan sedan pulled up — and someone in the car unleashed a hail of bullets. Andrew Ramos reports.
The incident happened around 4 a.m. in the 0-100 block of North Dearborn Street.
Police said a group of four men surrounded two women in the Pedway connecting the Red and Blue lines, stole one woman's purse, punched her, and threw her into a wall.
Police said a man had been lying down on the platform, with part of his body extending over the edge, when he fell onto the tracks.
Police said around 4 a.m. on Aug. 29, the woman approached the victim from behind on the platform at the Pulaski stop and began striking the victim in the head and body.
Chicago police hope surveillance photos will help them catch a woman who attacked and robbed a CTA passenger. It happened on August 29 on the platform at the Blue Line Pulaski stop.
Such an outcome for unhoused people is something those at Connections for the Homeless worry about every day.
Those who knew Margaret Miller Johnson say she had a sweet demeanor and a beautiful smile. She was one of four shot and killed on a CTA Blue Line train on Labor Day.
Margaret Miller Johnson, one of the four people shot and killed on a Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line train this week, is remembered by Evanston's Connections for the Homeless for her sweet demeanor and beautiful smile. Sara Machi reports.
Navy Pier Security Director Dan O’Shea hopes the Chicago Transit Authority expands its pilot program with the same technology, ZeroEyes—particularly after four people were shot and killed on a Blue Line train this week. Megan Hickey reports.
Chicago police say they were identified as the offenders who, on Aug 20, just before 4 p.m., battered and seriously injured a 31-year-old man before robbing him while on the platform in the 400 block of South Western Avenue.
The Night Ministry has a small team of outreach workers who help CTA riders experiencing homelessness. On Thursdays, they meet clients in Forest Park at the end of the Blue Line.
In court Wednesday, Cook County prosecutors used evidence to piece together a timeline of the shooting that killed four people on the Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line in Forest Park. Rhanni Davis is now charged with four counts of first-degree murder. Sara Machi reports.
The father of one of the four people shot and killed on the CTA Blue Line train early Monday morning had to drive hours from Columbus, Ohio, to identify and claim his son's body. He suspected his son, Simeon Bihesi, 28, was on the train going to get a hot breakfast when the suspected shooter walked onto his train car and shot him.
Forest Park, Illinios, police on Wednesday released surveillance footage that appeared to show Davis exiting the Blue Line train after the shooting. Prosecutors revealed new details on Wednesday about the quadruple fatal shooting on the Blue Line train shortly before 5:30 a.m. on Monday. Rhanni Davis, 30, of Chicago, was charged on Tuesday in connection with the murders of the four victims.
The man charged with shooting and killing four people on a CTA Blue Line train will make his first court appearance on Wednesday, but the motive for the attack remains unclear.
Officials Tuesday evening broke down the manhunt that led to the capture of Rhanni Davis, 30, in the shooting that killed four people sleeping on the train near the Forest Park terminal. Sara Machi reports.
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Forest Park village officials are joined by Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx and Chicago Transit Authority President Dorval Carter Jr. for this news conference on murder charges against Rhanni Davis in the shooting Monday morning.
Chicago Transit Authority President Dorval Carter Jr. was under fire well before a mass shooting killed four people on the Blue Line, and the criticism has intensified dramatically since the shooting Monday. Lauren Victory reports.
Cameras on the trains captured everything that happened in the course of the mass shooting. Tara Molina reports on the shooting and the suspect, 30-year-old Rhanni Davis.
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