Two members of the Chicago Police Department were killed by a moving train on Monday after responding to a “shots fired” incident near the tracks, Chicago Police confirmed on Monday.
The incident reportedly took place around 6:20 p.m. local time near the South Shore region of Chicago.
The officers killed were relatively new members of the department. The officers were identified as 37-year-old Eduardo Marmolejo and 31-year-old Conrad Gary. Marmolejo had been with Chicago Police for 2 and a half years, whereas Gary had spent 18 months with the department.
Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said that the officers were dispatched to the area in response to a ShotSpotter alert. ShotSpotter is a computerized system that detects gunfire and pinpoints its location.
Johnson said that a suspect from the shots fired incident was arrested on the scene, and that a weapon was found.
Parts of Chicago’s Metra train service were shut down due to Monday’s incident.
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