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A train struck and killed two Chicago police on Monday night while they were chasing a suspect in the far south of the city.

At a press conference, Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson told officers Conrad Gary, 31, and Eduardo Marmolejo, 37, were investigating a shot and had followed the suspect down the lane. railway. Officers were hit by a Metra commuter train shortly after 18 hours. CST.

Johnson stated that the two killed officers had just been named. Gary had spent a year and a half at work and Marmolejo was two and a half years old.

"By doing the most dangerous thing a police officer can do, to pursue an individual with a firearm, these brave young men had the trouble of identifying a potential threat to the community and placing the safety of others before theirs, "said Johnson.

The two men were struck by a train leaving the south shore near 103rd Street and Dauphin Avenue, reports the Chicago Tribune . The train was probably 60 to 70 mph, according to Johnson. All traffic was stopped on the tracks of the Metra Electric District while the authorities were investigating, according to the Tribune.

A train passenger, Brianna Medina, told the Tribune that the train had stopped unexpectedly and "appeared to be hitting stones. "

Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi wrote on Twitter that a gun had been recovered and that the police were questioning a person of interest.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who was also at the press conference, said the two men were fathers of "young families". He told reporters that he was running out of words.

"This holiday will never be the same for these two families," said Emanuel. "And while our hearts are with them, we have lost people who have responded to the call to make Chicago a better place."

Johnson said that this year was an "extremely difficult year for the Chicago Police Service".

Gary and Marmolejo are among the four officers of the department who will be killed in the line of duty in 2018, according to the Tribune . In November, 28-year-old agent Samuel Jimenez was killed in a mass shooting at the Mercy Hospital & Medical Center Hospital in the South Chicago neighborhood. And in February, 53-year-old Major Paul Bauer was shot dead while pursuing a suspect.