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| Chicago man charged in random shooting deaths of 4 sleeping transit passengers |
| 2024-09-05 |
| [FoxNews] Rhanni S Davis, 30, allegedly shot, killed 4 people sleeping on Chicago Transit Authority line, police said A Chicago man who allegedly shot and killed four passengers at random as they were sleeping on a train on Monday has been charged. Rhanni S. Davis, 30, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder, Fox Chicago reported. The four victims were sleeping on a Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line train around 5:30 a.m. when they were shot, authorities said. The train arrived at the Forest Park station and CTA workers notified police. Three victims were pronounced dead at the scene. The fourth victim was taken to Loyola University Medical Center before being pronounced dead. Two of the victims were identified as Adrian Collins, 60, and Simeon Bihesi, 28. The other two victims have so far been identified only as a male and a female. Davis fled the scene after the shootings but was arrested on the CTA's Pink Line. Police reportedly recovered a gun during the arrest. Surveillance video allegedly showed Davis walking through a train car and shooting three of the victims seated separately, police said. The fourth victim was in a different car. Forest Park Blue Line shooting: What we know about suspect Rhanni Davis' criminal history [ABC7Chicago] The I-Team has uncovered more information about the person accused in a shooting on a CTA Blue Line train that killed four sleeping passengers Monday, including red flags in their past. Forest Park police announced the arrest of 30-year-old Rhanni Davis on Tuesday, and at a news conference, said Davis has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder. Police and court records show Davis has a criminal history, and over the years, has gone by several different spellings of their name. In 2013, court records show Davis filed a petition to change their birth name from James Wesley D McDavis, III, to Rhianni J. Davis. The ABC 7 I-Team found state regulatory records showing a person with that same name -- Rhianni Davis - as well as the same date-of-birth and residing zip-code was officially licensed by the state of Illinois as a private security guard. In addition to the private security guard license, known in Illinois as a Permanent Employee Registration Card (PERC), this individual also had a Firearm Control Card and Firearms Instructor Card. State officials tell the I-Team those cards authorize a licensed security guard to carry a firearm while working, as well as authorize the individual to train other state licensees on handling firearms. A person with the same name, Rhianni J. Davis of Chicago, also has a Linked-In profile listing employment with several private security firms. Those listed firms have not responded to the ABC 7 I-Team's inquiries regarding Davis' possible employment. Forest Park police have not confirmed whether the licensed individual is the suspect arrested for Monday's CTA shooting. The accused CTA shooter's criminal history begins in 2014, when Chicago police arrested the then 20-year-old Davis and charged them with misdemeanor battery using their birth name: James McDavis. That case ended with a guilty plea and was the beginning of a series of criminal, gun and traffic charges and arrests, many of which ended with the cases dismissed. Davis was also arrested with a loaded gun at a public transit station in the past. The I-Team obtained records revealing METRA commuter rail police arrested Davis in 2019 with 9mm Taurus semi-automatic handgun, with one 9mm Luger hollow point bullet in the chamber and seven in the magazine. That case was dropped by Cook County prosecutors, court records show. There was another gun arrest in 2021, also for a 9mm, when the weapon was found by Chicago police following a traffic accident. Again, the case was dropped by prosecutors. The cases may have been dropped because Davis had a legal Illinois FOID card, according to CPD records. And in the decade since the first arrest, even while Davis had multiple arrests, there was only one misdemeanor conviction connected to a looting incident. Authorities now claim Davis roamed between two CTA train cars early Monday morning when he shot and killed four sleeping passengers. Davis' first court appearance is scheduled for Wednesday at noon. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #4 Four death penalties carried out without due process or chance of appeal. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-09-05 13:23 |
| #3 He's a little old. I thought at first it was an initiation but that's for the kiddy crew. |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2024-09-05 09:21 |
| #2 Chicago Woman Kills Alleged Home Intruder In Shootout |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-09-05 08:04 |
| #1 How can this happen in Chicago? Guns are illegal there. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2024-09-05 01:18 |