Man points gun inside CTA rail terminal in Forest Park, Forest Park IL


A man wearing a red jersey and white hat displayed a black handgun and pointed it at someone inside a CTA rail terminal in Forest Park. He fled on foot, running back into the terminal and over an overpass.
Audio|Source: CTA Rail Ops - Chicago Transit Authority
02:44
Transcript:
00:00
Brady 8 to control.
00:01
The lady, you're message.
00:02
Control, we need four-and-five police here.
00:04
We have an expanding male wearing a red jersey shirt and white hat, and he has a weapon.
00:10
He just pointed the gun.
00:11
Control is 10-4[1].
00:12
We're in control of 144.
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Remain now a harder 144.
00:15
All right, send you in 5-24.
00:16
All right, transfer home.
00:17
Pans to form.
00:18
10-4[1]. Here, 4-4.
00:19
Two and there is control, but the CA just came up and said that the offender ran out of the carpet.
00:27
Except for her.
00:29
288 is controlled.
00:30
The offender is walking southbound down the plane.
00:33
He's walking over the overpass.
00:36
He got on the red jersey on.
00:39
Control of 288.
00:40
Do you have another description in the red and white shirt? He has on the white hat and the backpack.
00:45
He's standing male.
00:46
So 288, do you know the color of the weapon 288?
00:49
It was black control, I can't make out the weapon.
00:53
He pulled it out of backpack.
00:54
2.20.
00:55
Turn four. He's running back into the terminal and we, uh, he's jumping over the, okay, he's running back, so we're running downstairs.
01:05
Control is ten-four to a day.
01:06
I want to down with...
01:07
Road Control 288, make sure you secure yourself 2808.
01:11
We do that, Forest Park Police, and Rob.
01:12
I'm sent by control, we didn't land down into the train room.
01:17
We don't clear the platform.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgement/Received
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Forest Park, IL
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