Chicago nonprofit worried after mass shooting that killed 4 on CTA Blue Line
Many of the people they help ride the train at the time the shooting took place on the Blue Line near Forest Park. Noel Brennan reports.
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Many of the people they help ride the train at the time the shooting took place on the Blue Line near Forest Park. Noel Brennan reports.
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.
Four people were found shot on a train at the transit center early Monday, and all of them died. Andrew Ramos reports.
Rhanni Davis, 30, of Chicago, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder in the shooting. As Tara Molina reports, the victims, all of whom died, were found on the train at the Forest Park terminal early Monday morning.
There have already been calls for Chicago Transit Authority President Dorval Carter Jr. to resign, and those calls have intensified with a shooting that killed four people on a Blue Line train on Monday. Lauren Victory reports.
Rhanni Davis, 30, of Chicago, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder in the shooting that killed four people who had been sleeping on a train, according to Forest Park police.
Chad Richards, 23, is accused of shooting and killing 21-year-old Kara Welsh at an off-campus apartment on Friday night.
The shooting appeared to be random, police said. The suspect was found on another train and police recovered a weapon.
Iroquois County sheriff's officers were pursuing a man who was believed to be armed and with a hostage, state police said.
The ages of the victims range from 16 to 58.
Four people were killed in a mass shooting on a CTA Blue Line train in west suburban Forest Park on Monday morning. All four victims were passengers on a Blue Line train as it was headed into the Forest Park terminal when they were shot shortly before 5:30 a.m., said Forest Park Police Deputy Chief Christopher Chin.
Kara Welsh was set to begin her senior year at UW Whitewater on Tuesday. She was a standout on the vault. Police say she was shot during a fight with a man she knew.
Four people were killed in a mass shooting on a CTA Blue Line train in west suburban Forest Park on Monday morning. All four victims were passengers on a Blue Line train as it was headed into the Forest Park terminal when they were shot shortly before 5:30 a.m., said Forest Park Police Deputy Chief Christopher Chin.
Shardaa Gray reports the Wisconsin gymnast from Plainfield was shot and killed last week. The stand-out college gymnast died Friday night after a shooting off-campus near the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
Four people were killed in a mass shooting on a CTA Blue Line train in west suburban Forest Park on Monday morning. All four victims were passengers on a Blue Line train as it was headed into the Forest Park terminal when they were shot shortly before 5:30 a.m., said Forest Park Police Deputy Chief Christopher Chin.
Police said no students were involved. The two people are a man and a woman in their 20s. They are in serious condition at an area hospital.
Four people were killed in a mass shooting on a CTA Blue Line train in Forest Park on Monday morning. All four victims were passengers on a Blue Line train as it was headed into the Forest Park terminal when they were shot shortly before 5:30 a.m., said Forest Park Police Deputy Chief Christopher Chin.
Four people were killed in a mass shooting on a CTA Blue Line train in Forest Park on Monday morning. All four victims were passengers on a Blue Line train as it was headed into the Forest Park terminal when they were shot shortly before 5:30 a.m., said Forest Park Police Deputy Chief Christopher Chin.
Some southwest suburban neighbors made a strong gesture on Monday to honor a Wisconsin college gymnast from Plainfield who was shot and killed last week. Those who knew 21-year-old Kara Welsh mourned her Monday morning, but also remembered the student by wrapping white ribbons around every tree and light pole in their neighborhood.
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Four people were killed in a mass shooting on a CTA Blue Line train in Forest Park on Monday morning. All four victims were passengers on a Blue Line train as it was headed into the Forest Park terminal when they were shot shortly before 5:30 a.m., said Forest Park Police Deputy Chief Christopher Chin.
Four people were killed in a mass shooting on a CTA Blue Line train in Forest Park on Monday morning. All four victims were passengers on a Blue Line train as it was headed into the Forest Park terminal when they were shot shortly before 5:30 a.m., said Forest Park Police Deputy Chief Christopher Chin.
Four people were shot and killed Monday morning on a CTA Blue Line train in west suburban Forest Park. A suspect later was taken into custody on a Pink Line train.
Kara Welsh was set to begin her senior year at UW Whitewater on Tuesday.
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