‘THIS IS CRAZY’

Chicago Teen Arrested for Shoving Marine Vet Into Passing Train, Police Say

Mamadou Balde, 29, served two tours in Afghanistan. He was killed after choosing to walk away from a verbal altercation.

An 18-year-old from Chicago’s North Side is facing murder charges for allegedly shoving a Marine veteran into the path of an oncoming train, police say. Witnesses reportedly told investigators they’d seen as Ryan Munn “punched and pushed” 29-year-old Mamadou Balde into a passing Red Line train. He was taken into custody late Friday and is due to appear in court on Sunday. Balde, who served two tours in Afghanistan, was waiting for a train on Tuesday evening when a group of people began arguing with him, police said. Surveillance footage from the scene showed that he walked away from the confrontation, but a member of the group ran up and shoved him in front of a train, killing him. Balde’s father, Al Balde, told the Chicago Tribune on Saturday that the ordeal was just “too much.” “Someone threw someone alive into a train. This is crazy,” he said. “This guy gave his life for his country and three people throw him on the train.”