Amtrak Police Officer Charged With Murder In Union Station Shooting

By Rachel Cromidas in News on Feb 17, 2017 5:24PM

An Amtrak police officer has been charged with first degree murder after shooting someone near Union Station last week.

The officer, LaRoyce Tankson, 31, turned himself into police late Thursday, according to authorities. He is scheduled to appear in criminal bond court at noon Friday on a first degree murder charge after he fatally shot 25-year-old Chad Robertson, of Minneapolis, on Feb. 8. He was on duty during the shooting.

The Amtrak Police Department did not immediately responded to requests for comment on the shooting, and the Chicago Police department declined to provide information on the case.

[H/T Sun-Times]

Updated 4:00 p.m.: Cook County Judge Maria Kuriakos Ciesil ordered Tankson held in lieu of $250,000 bail for shooting Robertson, who died Wednesday from fatal a gunshot wound. Tankson's attorney said Tankson "reasonably believed he was about to be shot," but prosecutors told the judge that four witnesses said Robertson didn't appear to have a weapon.

"At the time defendant fired at Robertson, Robertson was approximately 75 to 100 feet away from the defendant, running away from the officers at full speed,” Assistant State’s Attorney Ahmed Kosoko said, according to the Sun-Times.