CHICAGO ( WGN ) — A CTA employee is charged in a deadly shooting near the University of Chicago-Halsted Blue Line stop.
Luther Hopkins III, 24, of Calumet City faces one felony count of unlawful use of a weapon in connection with a shooting incident in the 400 block of S. Peoria on Saturday, April 12.
According to police, Hopkins III and a 61-year-old man got into a verbal altercation near the UIC-Halsted station, which eventually spilled onto the sidewalk of the bridge over Interstate-290. Police said both men pulled out their guns and started shooting at each other.
Police said the 61-year-old man, identified as John Felmister, was shot in the head and taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died…