4 People Killed on Chicago-Area L Train Likely Didn’t Even See Shooter, Official Says

4 People Killed on Chicago-Area L Train Likely Didn’t Even See Shooter, Official Says
A Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line train waits at the Forest Park, Ill., train station for the eastern journey to downtown Chicago in Forest Park, Ill., on Sept. 3, 2024. Charles Rex Arbogast/AP Photo
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FOREST PARK, Ill.—A man suspected of killing four people aboard a Chicago-area transit train shot them at close range while they were asleep, officials said Tuesday.

The shooting took place before 5:30 a.m. Monday aboard the Chicago area’s L system, on a Blue Line train that was moving near where the line ends in Forest Park, a suburb about 10 miles (16 kilometers) west of downtown Chicago. Rhanni S. Davis, 30, was later arrested on another Chicago Transit Authority L line, according to police. Authorities charged Davis with four counts of first-degree murder Tuesday.