Shooting on South Side CTA bus leaves passenger dead, driver wounded: CPD

CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -A CTA bus driver was shot, and a passenger was killed - during an incident on the South Side overnight.
The #29 State Street bus was driving through the Bronzeville neighborhood, just after midnight, when two men in the back started fighting.

Police said a man in his late 20s was shot in the chest and later died at a nearby hospital.

The bus driver was hit in the shoulder and is expected to be ok.

CTA President Dorval Carter issued a statement.

"It is absolutely reprehensible that a CTA bus operator was injured due to a firearm being discharged on board a southbound #29 State Street bus earlier this morning, following a disturbance between two parties.

No one should experience this kind of violence, especially while merely performing their duties serving the public as a bus driver. Regardless of circumstances, the CTA has zero tolerance for gun violence, and will work with law enforcement officials to aggressively pursue upgraded charges against those found responsible for these actions."

The suspected shooter fled the scene. Officials said no one is in custody.

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