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Edward Brown had found the gun in a fanny pack on Dec. 17, 2018 and decided to test it out on the South Shore Line tracks near the 600 block of East 101st Street, Cook County prosecutors said.
The shots were picked up by Chicago police Shotspotter devices, leading Calumet District Officers Conrad Gary, 31, and Eduardo Marmolejo, 36, to respond.
Chicago Police Officer Eduardo Marmolejo, left, and Conrad Gary.
Chicago police
The officers radioed that they saw someone running on the tracks and then started chasing Brown, prosecutors said. During the chase, the officers were struck from behind by a South Shore Line train, killing them both.
Man get 1 year in prison for firing gun, leading 2 CPD officers to be struck and killed by train
By Sun-Times Media Wire
Left to right: Edward Brown, Eduardo Marmolejo and Conrad Gary | Chicago police
CHICAGO - A man who fired a gun he found on a Far South Side railroad line, leading two responding Chicago police officers to be
Edward Brown found the gun in a fanny pack on Dec. 17, 2018 and decided to test it out on the South Shore Line tracks near the 600 block of East 101st Street, Cook County prosecutors said.
The shots were picked up by Chicago police Shotspotter devices, leading Calumet District Officers Conrad Gary, 31, and Eduardo Marmolejo, 36, to respond, the Sun-Times reported.