Man, 20, charged in West Chatham shooting that critically injured man working as CTA security guard

ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team WLS logo
Monday, October 16, 2023
Man charged after security guard shot while working on CTA Red Line
A man has been charged after a security guard working on the CTA Red Line in West Chatham was shot and critically injured, Chicago police say.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A 20-year-old Chicago man has been charged after a security guard on the CTA Red Line was shot and critically injured over the weekend, authorities said.

Andre Holland has been charged with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery/discharge of a firearm and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, Chicago police said Monday morning.

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Holland was arrested just after 4:35 p.m. Saturday in the 300-block of East 79th Street in West Chatham, after being identified as the suspect who, minutes earlier, shot the 22-year-old man in the 0-100-block of West 79th Street, CPD said.

The security guard was shot in the neck area, and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition.

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