Four people were found shot to death on a Chicago Transit Authority train early Monday morning, authorities said.
Forest Park Police said they received a 911 call just before 5:30 a.m. of several people shot on a train at the Forest Park CTA Blue Line station.
When they arrived, they found four people shot. Three of those people were pronounced dead at the scene while a fourth was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood and later pronounced dead.
Police said the alleged gunman in the fatal shooting was “no longer at the scene and managed to flee” when they arrived, but they were able to use surveillance video to find a suspect in the case.
Chicago police later located a person matching the description of the suspect on a CTA Pink Line train, Forest Park police said. That person was taken into custody and a firearm was recovered, authorities said, although it was not immediately clear if it was the same weapon used in the killings.
Blue Line service was still suspended at 9:45 a.m. between Forest Park and Austin due to the police investigation, the CTA reported.
“Although this was an isolated incident, this heinous and gross act of violence should never have occurred, never mind on a public transit train,” the CTA said in a statement. “As soon as this matter was reported, the CTA immediately deployed resources to assist the Forest Park Police in their investigation of the matter, including reviewing all possible surveillance cameras, which proved critical in assisting local enforcement. We commend both the Forest Park Police Department for their thorough and cooperative efforts in providing information to partner agencies as well as the Chicago Police Department whose prompt action led to the arrest of a suspect in this ongoing investigation.”
The case will be investigated later on Monday morning.
“This appears to be an isolated incident with no immediate threat to the community,” Forest Park police said in a news release. “Anyone with information regarding these incidents is asked to contact the Forest Park Police Department Criminal Investigations Division at (708)366-2425 or email at Detectives@ForestPark.net.”