Chicago Man Charged in Fatal Shootings of Four Sleeping Train Passengers
The New York Times
“This was a random act of violence,” an official said. The man, 30, faces four counts of murder.
A 30-year-old Chicago man has been charged with murder in the deaths of four passengers who were fatally shot on Monday as they slept on an L train in the suburb of Forest Park, Ill., the authorities said on Tuesday.
The man, identified by the police as Rhanni S. Davis, faces four counts of first-degree murder, said Deputy Chief Christopher Chin of the Forest Park Police Department.
“This wasn’t a robbery. It didn’t appear that he was in a fight with anybody else,” Mr. Chin said in an interview on Tuesday. “This was a random act of violence. He shot and killed four victims when literally they were sleeping on the train.”
On Tuesday evening, Kim Foxx, the top prosecutor in Cook County, which includes Chicago and Forest Park, decried the shooting as “inexplicable” as she announced charges in the case.
“It is horrific,” she said. “We want answers.”
Mr. Davis is expected to appear in court on Wednesday. It was not immediately clear whether he had a lawyer.
