Four people shot while sleeping on train, 11-year-old boy shoots two more | USA | News

In a series of shootings, six people were killed in a “random act of violence” on a train, and an 11-year-old boy was shot in another shooting.

In Chicago, four people were pronounced dead after they were attacked by a gunman while they slept on the city’s public subway (L-Bahn).

And in Louisiana, a respected former mayor and his daughter were killed after suffering “multiple gunshot wounds” in an attack by a child, police said.

Joe Cornelius Snr, 82, and his daughter, 31-year-old Keisha Miles, were found dead in a house at about 6.30am (11.30am GMT) on Sunday. Louisiana Police Chief Jared McIver said “the city is in shock”.

In Chicago, Rory Hoskins, the mayor of the Forest Park neighborhood where the four people were killed on a train at about 5:30 a.m. (10:30 GMT) on Monday, said the victims probably did not even see the gunman, adding: “They were shot in their sleep like executions.”

According to the Cook County Coroner’s Office, 64-year-old Margaret Miller and three men, including 28-year-old Simeon Bihesi and 60-year-old Adrian Collins, were killed by gunfire.

All of them listed the address as unknown. Police said they were still working to notify the relatives of the fourth dead man, so his name had not yet been released.

The suspect, Rhanni S. Davis, 30, was later arrested on another Chicago Transit Authority L line, according to police. Authorities charged Davis with four counts of first-degree murder on Tuesday. He is scheduled to appear in court today (Wednesday).

Louisiana Police Chief Jared McIver said a 911 caller told police Sunday morning that two people were dead in a home in the northern city of Minden.

Officers found the bodies of Joe Cornelius Sr. and his daughter Keisha Miles, 31, in the apartment. The 11-year-old was at the scene at the time, he said.

Police Chief McIver said the child eventually confessed to the murders when questioned in front of an adult relative, but he said police are still unclear about his motives.

He added: “The teenager initially told us a story that simply didn’t make sense. Who knows why someone would do something so evil? And at that age.”

McIver declined to name the boy or provide details about his relationship to the victims, citing Louisiana law regarding juvenile suspects.