Police Press Release – CTA Blue Line Shooting 09/02/24

Press Release 09/02/24

September 2, 2024

For Immediate Release

Contact: Forest Park Police Department

Contact Number: 708-366-2425

Four victims shot dead on a westbound CTA Blueline train to Forest Park, suspect in custody. 

On 09/02/2024 at 0527 hrs, Forest Park Police Department received a 911 call of three subjects shot on the train at the Forest Park CTA Blueline Station at 711 Desplaines Ave., Forest Park.  Police responded and cleared the station, locating four shooting victims.  Three were pronounced dead on scene, the fourth was transported to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, where they were later pronounced.  The offender was no longer on scene and made good on their escape. 

            Forest Park Police working with CTA Security were able to locate an offender description through video surveillance.  Chicago Police Department located a subject matching the description on a CTA Pink Line Train and the subject was taken into custody.  A firearm was recovered.   

            Forest Park Police Detectives along with the West Suburban Major Crimes Task Force have taken over this investigation.  This appears to be an isolated incident with no immediate threat to the community. Anyone with information regarding these incidents is encouraged to contact the Forest Park Police Department Criminal Investigations Division at:

 (708)366-2425 or email at Detectives@ForestPark.net.

Forest Park Police Press Release

Press Release – 2402246

PRESS RELEASE
July 24, 2024
Contact: Chief Ken Gross
For Immediate Release
Phone: 708-615-6299
Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm Arrest
Officers from the Forest Park Police Department were dispatched to the area of Jackson and Thomas, Forest Park, IL on July 10, 2024 at approximately 7:55pm for multiple reports of gunshots fired. Witnesses told responding officers that they heard approximately three gunshots and observed a maroon Chevrolet fleeing the area.
Forest Park Police Officers canvassed the area for security cameras and located several in the area with a number of cooperative residents sharing video footage with the police department. Street cameras and license plate readers (LPRs) were also viewed in an effort to identify the vehicle involved in this reckless shooting incident.
The Forest Park Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division diligently viewed video footage and learned that the suspect vehicle was registered to an address in Berwyn, IL.
At approximately 3:49pm on July 23, 2024, detectives and patrol officers pulled the suspect vehicle over in the area of Roosevelt Rd and Desplaines Ave. The driver, 34 year old Idaly Canizales of Berwyn, IL, was found to not have a valid Illinois driver’s license. Canizales, who does not have a Firearms Owner Identification Card (FOID) or Concealed Carry License (CCL), told officers that there was a firearm in the vehicle. A handgun was recovered and further interviewing Canizales she admitted to firing the recovered firearm in the July 10, 2024 incident on Jackson and Thomas informing officers that she shot the weapon at a vehicle that had an occupant who allegedly pointed a pistol at her in the Walmart parking lot located at 1300 Desplaines Ave, Forest Park, IL.
Idaly Canizales was charged with Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm Within 1000 Feet of a School, Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon and traffic offenses.
This arrest was the result of great teamwork between Forest Park Police Officers, Investigators and residents of the Village of Forest Park.

Forest Park Police Department – Press Release regarding 200 Desplaines

Press Release – Shots Fired 200 Desplaines

Lieutenant Miller graduates from Northwestern University’s Center for Public Safety

The Forest Park Police Department is pleased to announce the recent graduation of Lieutenant Daniel Miller II from the School of Police Staff and Command (SPSC) at Northwestern University. Lieutenant Daniel Miller II has successfully completed the ten (10) week Staff and Command program held in Carol Stream, Illinois from September 18 – December 1, 2023. This program, which was implemented by the Center for Public Safety in 1983, has graduated over 21,000 students both nationally and internationally. Lieutenant Daniel Miller II was a student in SPSC Class #561 which accommodated a total of 35 students for the ten-week period.

The School of Police Staff and Command provides upper-level college instruction in a total of twenty-seven core blocks of instruction and additional optional blocks during each session. The major topics of study include: Leadership, Human Resources, Employee Relations, Organizational Behavior, Applied Statistics, Planning and Policy Development, Budgeting and Resource Allocation.

Each student is academically challenged through written examinations, projects, presentations and quizzes in addition to a staff study paper that are all required parts of the curriculum. Upon successful completion, students may be awarded a total of 6 units of undergraduate credit from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
The Center for Public Safety was established at Northwestern University in 1936 with the specific goal of expanding university-based education and training for the Law Enforcement Community. Since its inception, the Center has broadened its original objective and now provides a variety of courses and programs in the area of Police Training, Management Training, and Executive Development.

The Forest Park Police Department anticipates a variety of benefits from Lieutenant Daniel Miller II’s attendance at this program. Many of the program’s graduates do go on to achieve a variety of leadership positions within their respective agencies.