Suspect in Evergreen Park Shooting Killed in Shootout With Police on Metra Train

EVERGREEN PARK, IL - One of the suspects in the fatal shooting of a 34-year-old man in the parking lot of the Walgreens store at 87th and Kedzie in Evergreen Park on Thursday was shot and killed in a shoot out on a Metra train in north suburban Deerfield late Friday night, according to police sources and an ABC-7-Chicago report.

The suspect, who has not been identified yet, was located by agents with the South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force on a Metra Milwaukee District North Line train from Chicago to Fox Lake at 10:30 p.m. as the train stopped at the Lake Cook Road station in Deerfield. An unnamed police source said investigators were led to the train by using a cell phone tower.

ABC-7 reports the suspect was on the first floor of the train and went upstairs after being approached by agents. The suspect pulled out a gun and began shooting at the agents, who fired back and fatally wounded the man.

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The investigation into the incident is being handled by the Illinois State Police, who released a statement Saturday morning.

“Officers positioned themselves both outside on the platform as well as inside the train car,” according to the ISP. “The homicide suspect was armed with a handgun and shot at several officers on the train. Officers returned fire and the suspect was struck and transported to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced deceased. The suspect’s weapon was recovered at the scene.”

The man was a suspect in the shooting death of David Murrell, who was in an SUV Thursday night when he was gunned down in Evergreen Park.

An autopsy is scheduled by the Lake County Coroner’s Office on Monday.

Patch Editor Lorraine Swanson contributed to this report.