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.
![Rev. Fr. Anthony Odiong, a US-based Nigerian Louisiana Catholic priest, was arrested in Florida on Tuesday for possessing child pornography, according to law authorities. The suspect is reportedly accused of many other cases of sexual assault. The Waco, Texas, Police Department announced in a Facebook post on Tuesday that officers detained Father Anthony Odiong in Ave Maria, Florida, with assistance from the United States Marshals Service. Waco police announced in March that they had received "credible information" about a sexual assault allegedly committed by Odiong in Texas in 2012. “During the subsequent investigation, a case of possession of child pornography was uncovered,” the police said. The priest was apprehended in Florida by the Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force. The Waco Police Department said that he will be extradited to Texas. Odiong had previously served in the Archdiocese of New Orleans before being removed as priest in December of last year due to controversy over homilies in which he claimed, among other things, that the Catholic Church was being taken over by "the gays." At the time, the priest was also accused of abusive behaviour; a Louisiana lady claimed in U.S. bankruptcy court that Odiong had committed both financial and sexual abuse against her. Prior to joining the New Orleans Archdiocese, Odiong served in at least two Texas parishes. On Tuesday, Waco police stated that during their sexual assault investigation, "the presence of other survivors was revealed." “Multiple women have come forward to tell similar experiences as the sexual assault survivor who reported the initial allegation,” the police department said. “Survivors’ experiences ranged from sexual assault and indecent assault, more commonly recognised as groping, and financial abuse, with some survivors experiencing every element of Anthony Odiong’s manipulation.” The police said they “believe there may be more survivors, and we wish to speak with anyone who [has] had similar encounters” with the priest. The Archdiocese of New Orleans issued a brief news release on Tuesday noting Odiong's arrest in Florida. The archdiocese “encourages anyone with any information to contact law enforcement,” the release said.](https://chronicle.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ezgif-6-4730550ede-450x300.jpg "Odiong: US-based Nigerian Catholic priest convicted over sexual assault")
