CHICAGO — A man charged with firing a gun on the Division Blue Line station platform last year has been given a two-year prison sentence. But, after receiving credit for the time he spent on electronic monitoring since being arrested, Brandon Taylor is not expected to serve much time behind bars.
Chicago police officers responded to the CTA station at 1200 North Milwaukee after 911 callers reported shots fired on the platform around 1:13 a.m. on February 19, 2024. When cops arrived, CTA workers and passengers directed them to the first car of a train, which was stopped at the station, according to a CPD report.
As officers walked toward the car, they saw Taylor “fall out of the first train car right on his face and stomach,” the report said. They allegedly recovered a handgun from his hoodie pocket and six shell casings from the area…