Four shot dead on Chicago train

WASHINGTON: Four people were shot dead on a train in the US city of Chicago on Monday, with a suspect apprehended soon after the mass shooting occurred.

Police said they responded to an emergency hotline call early on Monday morning, arriving at the Forest Park train station where they found the four victims.

“Three were pronounced dead on scene, the fourth was transported to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, where they were later pronounced,” a police statement said.