Murder Charge In CTA Electrocution

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Jul 29, 2008 4:03PM

Three men have been charged with murder stemming from a weekend fight that led to a third-rail electrocution. Daniel McKenzie, 43, was at the Roosevelt Red Line station around 2 a.m. Sunday morning when he was attacked by three men (pictured): brothers Clint Johnson (left), 29, and Martell Darnell Johnson (center), 21, and Maurice Evans (right), 23.

Details remain sketchy as to exactly what happened, but as a result of the altercation, McKenzie fell off the platform and onto the tracks where he was electrocuted by the third rail. McKenzie was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in critical condition and later died. The Cook County Medical Examiner's office ruled the cause of death as electrocution and classified the death as a homicide. The three suspects were arrested near the scene and will appear in court this afternoon. The investigation into the events surrounding the electrocution is ongoing. [Trib, S-T]