Shooting west of Loop; Metra trains halted

[Cadfael]

Metra train service has been suspended to and from Ogilvie Transportation Center this afternoon in the wake of a shooting in the building.

The Chicago Fire Department says it has reports of people shot on the 38th floor of the Citigroup Center, which also houses Ogilvie.






The area around the station is shut down.

Metra spokeswoman Judy Pardonnet said no trains will leave or enter the station again until police notify the rail service that it is safe to do so.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/newsroom/chi-061208westloop-shooting,1,7047268.story?coll=chi-news-hed

[Cadfael]

1. Ogilvie Transportation Center not operating at this time

From the Metra site

"ALL TRAIN SERVICE FOR METRA/UNION PACIFIC NORTH, NORTHWEST AND WEST LINE TRAINS TRAVELING OUTBOUND TO KENOSHA, HARVARD, MCHENRY AND ELBURN AND INBOUND TRAINS TRAVELING TO CHICAGO OGILVIE TRANSPORTATION CENTER ARE CURRENTLY HALTED DUE TO POLICE ACTIVITY AT THE DOWNTOWN STATION. TRAINS WILL BE DELAYED FOR AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF TIME. WE ARE ASKING PASSENGERS TO SEEK ALTERNATE TRANSPORTATION THIS EVENING."

[warrens]

2. They just caught the suspect

Trains running again.

[Cadfael]

3. Trains are not running

metra personnel are still locked down -(edited to add) only at that location, specifically Union Pacific North, Northwest and West lines.

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

4. I'm from Chicago but what is the Ogilivie Transportation Center??

Is it Union Station???

[RaRa]

5. Most refer to it as the Northwest station (old name) n/t

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

6. According to Channel 5, the trains are running again.

Situation resolved, police releasing building to Metra, assailant is dead.

All trains will run as soon as they get into the station. They will make all scheduled stops.

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

8. Okay, I know what station you're referring to now. Thanks..

[Cadfael]

7. Olgilvie is just down the street from Union

they're starting to let the trains into Olgilvie now, they're going to run all stops trains out just as soon as they're full

[HereSince1628]

9. Didn't Citigroups stock have unusually high volume today?

Something up?

[smirkymonkey]

11. I agree it sounds fishy, especially considering Citigroups

reputation, however these were all patent attorneys and one was a mailroom person. What could be the motive, I wonder?

[oberliner]

10. 4 dead in Chicago skyscraper shooting

CHICAGO - Four men, including the gunman, were killed Friday after a man opened fire and took a hostage on the top floor of a downtown skyscraper, police Superintendent Phil Cline said.

The shootings at the 38-story Citigroup Center, which also houses a train station, sent office workers fleeing and stranded rush-hour commuters.

Cline said the gunman was armed with a snub-nose revolver, knife and hammer. The man shot four victims over "several minutes," Cline said. The fourth victim, a woman, was shot and survived, authorities said.

Police fired at the man, but it was unclear if that was what killed him. He was holding the hostage when police shot at him, but "he may have also shot himself," Cline said. Police said they won't know for sure until an autopsy is performed.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061209/ap_on_re_us/chicago_shooting