Three days after a person died on the prepare tracks on the 79th Avenue Pink Line station and two days after his loss of life was dominated a murder, authorities had been nonetheless unable to offer particulars on what had led to his loss of life.
An post-mortem for the 32-year-old man, whose identification hadn’t been launched as of Thursday evening, discovered that he died late Tuesday evening from being electrocuted on the third rail. The Chicago Fireplace Division confirmed that they had transported the person to College of Chicago Hospital, the place he was pronounced lifeless.
A consultant from the Cook dinner County health worker’s workplace confirmed that the post-mortem ruling was appropriate however referred extra inquiries to the investigating company: the Chicago Police Division.
As of Friday, the Police Division was itemizing its follow-up investigation as a loss of life investigation. Spokesperson Tom Ahern reiterated that Space 2 detectives had been trying into the matter as a loss of life investigation and stated there was no extra data.
CTA stations are outfitted with video cameras and a CTA consultant stated in a press release Tuesday evening that the company was cooperating with the police investigation.
Safety, each actual and perceived, on the CTA has been a persistent concern following the pandemic because the company works to draw riders. The transit service earlier this week rolled out a gun detection system based mostly in synthetic intelligence as a part of its effort to deliver down violent crime on its trains. The company most not too long ago reported a dip in crime on the finish of 2023.
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