Oct 7, 2008 7:52 pm US/Central
Family Identifies Suspect In Fatal CTA Shooting
CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) ―
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Kiyanna Salters, 17, was shot dead when someone stepped off a CTA bus and fired shots into it late Sunday.
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Police released this surveillance image of the man they suspect shot into a CTA bus on the night of Oct. 5, fatally shooting 17-year-old Kiyanna Salters.
A Chicago family has reached out to police saying their relative is the man being sought for the fatal shooting of a high school student on a CTA bus Sunday night, sources say.
The family of the suspect is cooperating with police as detectives attempt to find him.
Calumet Area detectives had already zeroed in on the man before the family called them, a source said.
Detectives scoured databases to review recent arrests around the area where the student, Julian High School senior Kiyanna Salter, was shot at 71st and Cottage Grove.
Police were working to compare video from a surveillance camera aboard the bus to descriptions on the arrest reports.
The family reached out to police after authorities released the surveillance tape late Monday night. The suspect was wearing a distinct, multi-colored coat in the film.
All CTA buses are equipped with four to seven security cameras.
Salter was riding the No. 71 bus with her cousin when a man got into a minor argument with another passenger. The man stepped off the bus, turned and fired a shot through the open door of the bus, striking Salter in the head.
Salter, 17, and her cousin were on their way home at 10 p.m. to the 11300 block of South Racine from visiting a sick aunt when the shooting happened.
--Sun-Times
(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2009. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
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