Chicago train passengers will see more police after the fatal shooting

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SPRINGFIELD (Ill.) — Chicago Police and Transit officials Saturday promised additional security to the city’s trains in an effort to curb violent crime following the death of a train passenger.

A 29-year-old man, Diuntel Moon, was shot multiple times in the chest and abdomen on a Chicago Transit Authority Red Line train on 79th Street in the Chatham neighborhood about 2 a.m. Saturday, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said at a news conference.

Moon died at a hospital. Brown stated that no suspects were taken into custody.

” In this city, such acts of violence with guns and other violent incidents are not permitted. Brown stated that it is not acceptable and would not be tolerated. Brown stated that residents should not be concerned about safety in any CTA area or within their neighborhoods .”

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Brown, and CTA President Dorval Carter condemned the increase in crime numbers that has not been seen in a decade. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, CTA reported 488 violence crimes in July. This is higher than any time since 2011..

Brown said that additional officers would be sent to the CTA from Sunday. However, he did not specify how many because of security concerns. Brown also stated that the CTA’s police force had been strengthened earlier in the year.

The CTA has an unarmed security team and Carter stated that the CTA will reinstate canine patrols.

“This is just an additional resource that you can use in conjunction with the security guards …,” Carter. The canine unit .”

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” The more we can increase the CTA both in an unarmed security mode and prevention mode as well as armed CPD officers working in enforcement mode and aggressive investigation efforts to bring offenders to justice, the better,” Brown stated.

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