An 18 year old Caucasian man that police say is a member of a Chicago gang, was charged with murdering a decorated US Marine, who was Black.
Chicago police have charged an 18-year-old man Ryan Munn, who police say went by the street name “W*gger” with first-degree murder. Police say that W*gger pushed an African American Marine veteran in front of a Red Line train last Tuesday.
The marine, Mamadou Balde, 29, was found dead when police arrived to the CTA Red Line at State on Tuesday. Mamadou was a decorated marine veteran, who served two tours in Afghanistan.
Police also arrested another alleged gang member, Fajour Hodges, 19. This is him:
Prosecutors say that the two men “jumped” Mamadou and pushed him in the tracks – where the marine fell in between two train cars.
He was dragged along the platform until his head and upper body ultimately slammed into a metal partition inside a tunnel.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.