A person has been charged in reference to a double capturing aboard a Pink Line prepare within the Loop that left one man lifeless and one other injured simply earlier than Christmas.
Pedro Villarreal, 34, is scheduled to look in court docket Monday for a detention listening to on fees that embody homicide, tried homicide, and illegal possession of a weapon, authorities mentioned.
The capturing occurred round 1:22 a.m. on December 23 aboard a Pink Line prepare close to the Washington-Wells station. Final month, CPD mentioned a 23-year-old man and a 44-year-old man had been using the prepare once they grew to become concerned in a verbal altercation with an unknown man who was armed with a knife.
The dispute escalated right into a bodily combat, at which level one of many victims produced a firearm, police mentioned in an preliminary media assertion launched final month. Throughout the wrestle, the offender gained management of the gun and fired it, police mentioned in a press release after the capturing.
The 23-year-old was shot within the wrist and ran from the prepare. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, the place he was listed in honest situation.
Officers later discovered 44-year-old Raymond J. Robinson Jr. nonetheless on the prepare, unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the stomach. Police administered CPR and different lifesaving measures earlier than Robinson was transported to Northwestern, the place he was pronounced lifeless.
Investigators recovered a shell casing from the prepare close to Harrison’s physique. At the very least one of many victims seemed to be homeless and was touring with a bag of clothes.
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