A 30-year-old Chicago man has been charged with murder after four people were shot and killed on a train, according to authorities.
Forest Park Police have identified the suspect as Rhanni Davis, who faces four counts of first-degree murder.
The victims seemed to be asleep on a Blue Line train in the Chicago suburb of Forest Park when they were shot just before 05:30 local time (10:30 GMT) on Monday, according to authorities.
According to authorities, three of the victims were found dead at the site, while the fourth died later in the hospital.
Authorities have identified two of the victims: Simeon Bihesi, 28, and Adrian Collins, 60.
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office eventually revealed that one of the other two deaths was a 64-year-old woman named Margaret Miller.
The fourth victim was recognised as a guy, although his name has yet to be disclosed.
Christopher Chin, Deputy Chief of the Forest Park Police Department, stated that the shooting looked to be a “random act of violence,” with the gunman “shooting and killing four victims while literally sleeping on the train.”
“This wasn’t a robbery. It didn’t appear that he was in a fight with anybody else,” he said.
Kim Foxx, the prosecutor, called the shooting “inexplicable” when she announced the charges on Tuesday. “It is horrific,” she remarked.
“We want answers.” According to police, surveillance footage showed the attacker travelling through the train and shooting four victims who looked to be sleeping in two separate carriages. The four victims were not seated together.
The Blue Line train travels 24 hours a day between Forest Park and Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport and is run by the Chicago Transit Authority, the United States’ second largest public transportation system.
Gun violence is widespread in the United States, which has more firearms than people.
Earlier on Tuesday, police in Louisiana detained an 11-year-old kid accused of fatally shooting the city’s former mayor and daughter.
