FOREST PARK, Ill. (CBS) — A man was charged Tuesday afternoon in a mass shooting that left Four dead on CTA Blue Line train in the western suburb of Forest Park the day before.
Rhanni Davis, 30, of Chicago, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder, according to Forest Park police.
Forest Park Police
The four victims were passengers on a Blue Line train as it headed to the Forest Park terminal when they were shot shortly before 5:30 a.m.
Police said three victims were found dead at the scene. A fourth victim was taken to a local hospital, where he died. Authorities had identified two of the victims as of Tuesday afternoon: Simeon Bihesi, a 28-year-old man, and Adrian Collins, a 60-year-old man.
Collins died of a gunshot wound to the abdomen, while Bihesi died of multiple gunshot wounds.
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office said one of the other two victims was a 52-year-old man and the other a 64-year-old woman.
CTA security and Forest Park police found the suspected shooter through surveillance video. The suspect was located on a CTA Pink Line train and taken into custody later Monday morning. A weapon was recovered.
Police said the shooting appeared to be an isolated incident.
Police said the shooter did not appear to know the victims, all of whom appeared to be asleep during the train ride. Police also said the shooter did not appear to have tried to rob the victims and that the attack was completely random.
Cameras installed on the trains captured everything that happened during the shooting. CBS News Chicago has been told the video is graphic and will be used as evidence.
“It’s unusual to have multiple murders on a CTA train,” said CBS News Chicago legal analyst Irv Miller. “The CTA has more cameras — high-definition cameras — than any other place in the world, so somebody had to say, ‘I’m going to do this, and I don’t care if I get caught.’”
Davis has been arrested multiple times since 2014 and was sentenced to two years of probation for a misdemeanor battery charge that year. He also pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in 2020.
The mass shooting occurred as CTA President Dorval Carter Jr. was already under fire – with calls for his resignation having done May HeadlinesThe disdain of some Chicago elected officials for Carter has been renewed in light of the killings.
Meanwhile, the Forest Park Blue Line terminal has been a concern for law enforcement for some time. Forest Park village leaders say the problems at the terminal date back years and have only gotten worse.
A press conference with further information on the charges is scheduled for Tuesday at 7 p.m.
