Two Chicago police officers were fatally struck by a train Monday as they investigated a report of gunshots on the city's far South Side.
Eduardo Marmolejo, 37, and Conrad Gary, 31, were pursuing a person who had headed toward train tracks and were hit shortly after 6pm as the commuter train passed through the area, Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said.
"There was no stop at that location so the train was probably going somewhere between 60 and 70 miles per hour," Johnson said during a news conference.
He said an individual was taken into custody and a weapon was recovered. He said the investigation was still in the early stages and that more details would be released at a later time.
Marmolejo had been with the department for 2½ years and Gary for 18 months, Johnson said.