Four shot dead in their sleep on Chicago train - police

A 30-year-old antheral from Chicago has been charged with execution aft 4 radical were fatally changeable connected a train, authorities said.

The suspect, identified by Forest Park Police arsenic Rhanni Davis, is accused of 4 counts of first-degree murder.

The victims each appeared to beryllium dormant connected a Blue Line bid successful the Chicago suburb of Forest Park erstwhile they were changeable conscionable earlier 05:30 section clip (10:30 GMT) connected Monday, constabulary said.

Three of the victims were recovered dormant astatine the scene, portion the 4th died aboriginal successful hospital, according to police.

Two of the victims person been identified by the authorities arsenic Simeon Bihesi 28, and Adrian Collins, 60.

The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office aboriginal said 1 of the different 2 victims was a 64-year-old pistillate named Margaret Miller. The 4th unfortunate has been identified arsenic a antheral but his sanction has not yet been released.

Deputy Chief for the Forest Park Police Department Christopher Chin said the shooting appeared to beryllium a "random enactment of violence", saying the gunman "shot and killed 4 victims erstwhile virtually they were sleeping connected the train".

“This wasn’t a robbery. It didn’t look that helium was successful a combat with anybody else," helium said.

On Tuesday, authoritative Kim Foxx described the shooting arsenic "inexplicable" arsenic she announced the charges.

"It is horrific," she said. "We privation answers."

Police said surveillance footage showed the attacker walking done the train, and shooting 4 passengers who appeared to beryllium dormant successful 2 antithetic carriages. The 4 victims were not sitting together.

The fishy is owed to look successful tribunal connected Wednesday.

The Blue Line bid runs 24 hours a time betwixt Forest Park and Chicago's O'Hare International Airport and is tally by the Chicago Transit Authority, the United States' 2nd largest nationalist proscription system.

Gun unit is communal successful the United States, wherever determination are much firearms than people.

Earlier connected Tuesday, constabulary successful Louisiana arrested an 11-year-old boy who is accused of fatally shooting the city's erstwhile politician and his daughter.