Four CTA lines faced “significant delays” early Tuesday morning as police were working to investigate a shooting near the busy Washington and Wells station in the Loop.
According to Chicago police, at least two people were injured and a shooting investigation was underway. Details on their conditions weren’t immediately available, and it wasn’t clear whether the shooting took place on the street, a train or a CTA platform, NBC 5’s Jenn Schanz reported from the scene.
As many as four lines were impacted by the investigation, including the Brown, Green, Orange and Pink lines. As of 6:30 a.m., the four lines were running with “residual delays following an earlier medical emergency,” a rider alert on the CTA website said.
“Trains are moving and normal service is being restored,” the CTA said. “Allow extra travel time.”
Earlier Tuesday morning, police officers could be seen canvassing the CTA platform and on a train at Washington and Wells, and searching in dumpsters in nearby alleys. Two people could be seen taken down from the elevated platform on stretchers, Schanz reported.
No further details on the circumstances surrounding the shooting were provided.
The shooting investigation comes days after the Federal Transit Administration rejected a “security surge” recently announced by the Chicago Transit Authority, which said more police officers and K-9s could expect to be seen on CTA property. According to the plan, sworn Chicago Police officers could sign up to patrol the CTA on their days off as part of a Voluntary Special Employment Program, and would be compensated by the CTA.
The CTA announced the plan after the FTA threatened to withhold federal funds from agency if local officials didn’t implement stronger safety measures following a series of violent attacks, including one where a 26-year-old woman was set on fire on a Blue Line train.
Hours after the CTA revealed the plan, the FTA said it “fails to measurably reduce incidents of assaults and improve overall safety on buses and trains.”
“If people’s safety is at risk, so are federal funds,” FTA Administrator Marc Molinaro said in a statement. “CTA must act to save lives and improve safety.”
On Dec 19, the CTA said it has received the federal government’s response and will respond within the allotted time frame of 30 days.
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