A Chicago man is charged with first-degree murder following a violent confrontation on a CTA Pink Line train that left one man dead and another injured in the Loop.
Pedro Villareal allegedly shot and killed 44-year-old Raymond Harrison during an altercation on a Pink Line train car near the Washington-Wells station at 1:22 a.m. on December 23, according to a detention filing by Assistant State’s Attorney Mike Pekara.
It all began as an argument between Villareal and Harrison that escalated when Villareal pulled out a knife and held it in his hand before putting it back in his pocket, according to the filing. He later pulled the knife out a second time and raised it, causing Harrison to back up…