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I don't know if this adds any new information, but here is a transcript of what was heard on the Broadcastify stream of Naperville area railroads. I put a _ to omit names of people who have not been publicly identified.
Amtrak #4 Asst. Conductor: [unintelligible] to it, let's do it, conductor, work is clear back here.
Amtrak #4 Engineer: Did he just get shot or somethin'?
Amtrak #4 Asst. Conductor: I don't know. A little busy. What do you see up there?
Amtrak #4 Engineer: I heard a gunshot and he fell, and then he ran.
Amtrak #4 Asst. Conductor: Call 911!
Amtrak #4 Engineer: Amtrak 4, East End Dispatcher, over.
Amtrak #4 Engineer: Amtrak 4, East End Dispatcher, over.
[Emergency call placed to BNSF East End Dispatcher]
BNSF East End Dispatcher: BNSF East End Dispatcher.
Amtrak #4 Engineer: Yeah, East End Dispatcher, Amtrak 4 here at Naperville. I think somebody might've shot at our conductor here. On the platform.
Amtrak #4 Asst. Conductor: [unintelligible] He's been shot! We need an ambulance now!
BNSF East End Dispatcher: Sorry, could you repeat that Amtrak, over?
Amtrak #4 Engineer: Yeah, I heard a gunshot and I saw my conductor fall, then he got up and ran.
BNSF East End Dispatcher: Ok, uh, your conductor? Is he a victim, over?
Amtrak #4 Engineer: Uh, we need the police and probably an ambulance. I see a lot of people runnin' around back there.
BNSF East End Dispatcher: Ok, roger that.
Amtrak #4 Engineer: _, what's goin' on?
Amtrak #4 Asst. Conductor: Mike...Mike's been shot!
Amtrak #4 Engineer: All right, we've got the police and ambulance comin'.
BNSF East End Dispatcher: BNSF East End, Amtrak 4, ambulance and police are notified, over.
Amtrak #4 Engineer: All right. It looks like some of the conductors wrestled the perpetrator to the ground here on the platform, at the east end of it.
BNSF East End Dispatcher: Ok, copy that. We'll, uh, sit tight until I get an all clear from somebody, over.
Amtrak #4 Engineer: Roger, sittin' tight.
BNSF East End Dispatcher: BNSF East End, Amtrak 4, over.
Amtrak #4 Engineer: Amtrak 4, over.
BNSF East End Dispatcher: Do you know if your...is your conductor ok, did anything happen to him?
[Audio cuts out/interference]
Amtrak #4 Asst. Conductor: _, can we get three-point protection?
Amtrak #4 Engineer: All right, it'll be a second. I gotta go to the second unit and shut the HEP supply.
Amtrak #4 Asst. Conductor: All right, I'm gonna have...they're looking for the [power?] on this guy he used to shoot Mike with. So I'm gonna, uh...I'm gonna help 'em look.
Amtrak #4 Engineer: Amtrak 4, East End Dispatcher, over.
BNSF East End Dispatcher: Amtrak 4, did you call, over?
Amtrak #4 Engineer: Yeah, I have a status report. Passenger did shoot the conductor in the gut. He's en route to the hospital right now.
BNSF East End Dispatcher: Ok, copy that. I've got all train traffic stopped for our ROC and the authorities, so waitin' on where and all we'll need to go. Let me know if you know you need anything, over.
Amtrak #4 Engineer: Ok, we'll sit tight.
Naperville Agent: Naperville Agent to Conductor _, come in.
Amtrak #4 Asst. Conductor: Yeah, go ahead, _.
Naperville Agent: Ok, I have one of the detectives in here. Amtrak Police are on the phone wanting to know, "are you ok," and I said you are. What about...I don't know who you're workin' with. All I saw was someone in white go down. Was that your AC, or your conductor?
Amtrak #4 Asst. Conductor: _, just come to the dorm...to the bag car up here, will ya?
Naperville Agent: All right, I will. I'll be right there.
Amtrak #4 Asst. Conductor: [unintelligible] to it, let's do it, conductor, work is clear back here.
Amtrak #4 Engineer: Did he just get shot or somethin'?
Amtrak #4 Asst. Conductor: I don't know. A little busy. What do you see up there?
Amtrak #4 Engineer: I heard a gunshot and he fell, and then he ran.
Amtrak #4 Asst. Conductor: Call 911!
Amtrak #4 Engineer: Amtrak 4, East End Dispatcher, over.
Amtrak #4 Engineer: Amtrak 4, East End Dispatcher, over.
[Emergency call placed to BNSF East End Dispatcher]
BNSF East End Dispatcher: BNSF East End Dispatcher.
Amtrak #4 Engineer: Yeah, East End Dispatcher, Amtrak 4 here at Naperville. I think somebody might've shot at our conductor here. On the platform.
Amtrak #4 Asst. Conductor: [unintelligible] He's been shot! We need an ambulance now!
BNSF East End Dispatcher: Sorry, could you repeat that Amtrak, over?
Amtrak #4 Engineer: Yeah, I heard a gunshot and I saw my conductor fall, then he got up and ran.
BNSF East End Dispatcher: Ok, uh, your conductor? Is he a victim, over?
Amtrak #4 Engineer: Uh, we need the police and probably an ambulance. I see a lot of people runnin' around back there.
BNSF East End Dispatcher: Ok, roger that.
Amtrak #4 Engineer: _, what's goin' on?
Amtrak #4 Asst. Conductor: Mike...Mike's been shot!
Amtrak #4 Engineer: All right, we've got the police and ambulance comin'.
BNSF East End Dispatcher: BNSF East End, Amtrak 4, ambulance and police are notified, over.
Amtrak #4 Engineer: All right. It looks like some of the conductors wrestled the perpetrator to the ground here on the platform, at the east end of it.
BNSF East End Dispatcher: Ok, copy that. We'll, uh, sit tight until I get an all clear from somebody, over.
Amtrak #4 Engineer: Roger, sittin' tight.
BNSF East End Dispatcher: BNSF East End, Amtrak 4, over.
Amtrak #4 Engineer: Amtrak 4, over.
BNSF East End Dispatcher: Do you know if your...is your conductor ok, did anything happen to him?
[Audio cuts out/interference]
Amtrak #4 Asst. Conductor: _, can we get three-point protection?
Amtrak #4 Engineer: All right, it'll be a second. I gotta go to the second unit and shut the HEP supply.
Amtrak #4 Asst. Conductor: All right, I'm gonna have...they're looking for the [power?] on this guy he used to shoot Mike with. So I'm gonna, uh...I'm gonna help 'em look.
Amtrak #4 Engineer: Amtrak 4, East End Dispatcher, over.
BNSF East End Dispatcher: Amtrak 4, did you call, over?
Amtrak #4 Engineer: Yeah, I have a status report. Passenger did shoot the conductor in the gut. He's en route to the hospital right now.
BNSF East End Dispatcher: Ok, copy that. I've got all train traffic stopped for our ROC and the authorities, so waitin' on where and all we'll need to go. Let me know if you know you need anything, over.
Amtrak #4 Engineer: Ok, we'll sit tight.
Naperville Agent: Naperville Agent to Conductor _, come in.
Amtrak #4 Asst. Conductor: Yeah, go ahead, _.
Naperville Agent: Ok, I have one of the detectives in here. Amtrak Police are on the phone wanting to know, "are you ok," and I said you are. What about...I don't know who you're workin' with. All I saw was someone in white go down. Was that your AC, or your conductor?
Amtrak #4 Asst. Conductor: _, just come to the dorm...to the bag car up here, will ya?
Naperville Agent: All right, I will. I'll be right there.
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