4 sleeping passengers fatally shot on train, mayor of Chicago suburb says; suspect arrested; gun recovered



Four sleeping passengers aboard a Chicago Transit Authority train were fatally shot Monday morning, according to the mayor of Forest Park, a Chicago suburb.

CTA workers discovered the shooting victims around 5:30 a.m., WLS-TV reported, adding that Forest Park police said they received a 911 call about the shooting. Three victims were pronounced dead at the scene, and a fourth died at Loyola University Medical Center, the station said.

'It's a Monday morning on a holiday. Everyone is supposed to enjoying their time off, time with their families; it's Labor Day. ...'

Forest Park Mayor Rory Hoskins told WLS the victims, all adults, were sleeping at the time they were shot.

"These victims likely never saw it coming," Hoskins added to the station. "They were executed on Labor Day. In our community, people go to the pool. They go to the park. You know, they barbecue. But today a lot of people were calling the mayor's office, expressing concern and asking if they were safe."

Police told WLS the shooter fled the scene, but officers took a suspect into custody within 90 minutes and recovered the gun allegedly used in the shooting.

"We believe he got off at the Forest Park stop, and he was apprehended at a Pink Line station in Chicago somewhere, so he may have gotten on a train going the opposite direction," Hoskins added to the station.

Police told WLS the shooting occurred on two train cars.

"I mean, it's a horrible situation," Forest Park Police Deputy Chief Christopher Chin added to the station. "It is definitely something you don't want to wake up to. It's a Monday morning on a holiday. Everyone is supposed to enjoying their time off, time with their families; it's Labor Day."

Forest Park police and the West Suburban Major Crimes Task Force are investigating the shooting, WLS said, adding that police said it appears to be an isolated incident, and there is no ongoing threat to the public.

Neither the shooting suspect nor the shooting victims have been identified, the station said.

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Armed thug picks wrong man to rob on Chicago train — a concealed carrier who pulls out his own gun and shoots suspect



An armed man tried to rob a passenger aboard a Chicago train Friday — but it turns out the suspect picked the wrong victim: a concealed carrier who pulled out his own gun and shot the suspect.

What are the details?

The 33-year-old suspect approached and tried to rob a 25-year-old man aboard a Chicago Transit Authority Green Line train near the Laramie Station around 5 p.m., authorities told WMAQ-TV.

But the victim — who holds a concealed carry license and a Firearms Owner's Identification Card — pulled out his own gun and shot the suspect, the station said, citing authorities.

WMAQ noted in its broadcast that the suspect fired his gun, too, and that the victim — who wasn't hurt — shot the suspect in the leg.

Darius Moss was arrested on two felonies — armed robbery with a firearm and being an armed habitual criminal, the station said, citing police. Moss was hospitalized in fair condition, WMAQ added.

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Moss was expected to appear Monday in Central Bond Court, the station reported.

Suspect reportedly has quite the rap sheet

According to CWB Chicago, Friday's incident wasn't the first time Moss has been charged with a crime.

The outlet said he was charged with misdemeanor theft in 2021 after a Dunkin' employee called police around 3:20 a.m. Aug. 16 saying someone stole the donut outfit's cash register, CWB said. The outlet said officers reviewed area surveillance camera feeds and spotted a man walking into the Jackson Blue Line station with a cash register.

Officers found Moss sitting on the train with the register, CWB reported, citing prosecutors, and they arrested him.

Prosecutors added to the outlet that Moss was on parole for robbery at the time. CWB said Judge Arthur Willis — prior to releasing Moss on a recognizance bond — told him, "You’re lucky you weren’t charged with something greater than theft."

The outlet also reported that Moss was arrested in 2018 after being accused of threatening to shoot a TJ Maxx security guard who tried to stop him from stealing $111 in merchandise Aug. 19.

The guard noted to police that Moss repeatedly told him, “I have a 9-millimeter — what are you going to do?” CWB said.

The outlet added that cops who recognized Moss' facial tattoos stopped him in the 300 block of South Plymouth Court, and the guard identified Moss, after which officers found Moss' bag contained TJ Maxx merchandise.

Judge Michael Clancy set bail for Moss at $50,000, which meant he could go free before trial by posting a $5,000 deposit bond, CWB said.

The outlet also said Moss was charged two months prior to the TJ Maxx incident with soliciting charitable contributions without a license after allegedly approaching people with flyers seeking donations for a “basketball team.”

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