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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Kaitlin Washburn

CTA, police vow to boost security after fatal Red Line shooting, the latest in violent year for transit agency

Chicago police Supt. David Brown stands beside Chicago Transit Authority President Dorval Carter as he speaks during a press conference at the Chicago Police Department Headquarters, Saturday afternoon. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

Chicago police and transit officials announced additional plans to increase security on L and subway trains and platforms after a 29-year-old man was fatally shot on a Red Line train early Saturday near Chatham.

Diuntel Moon was on the train near the 100 block of West 79th Street at about 2:05 a.m. when someone walked up and shot him in the chest and abdomen, according to police. He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he died.

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