ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ill. – Police have arrested a man accused of firing shots in a MetroLink train shooting earlier this month.

John F. Goliday, 57, is behind bars just one day after the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department announced he was wanted in the investigation.


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Goliday is charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and booked into jail on a $100,000 bond.

A 911 caller told dispatchers that shots were fired at around 9 p.m. on April 13 on the train near a MetroLink stop in East St. Louis, Illinois. The train was headed east, away from a St. Louis Cardinals game.

When officers arrived on the scene, they found one man with a head injury. Witnesses told officers that the suspect and a victim were in an argument that turned violent. The victim was beaten with a handgun, and a shot was fired during the altercation. The bullet did not hit anyone on the train.

A witness tells FOX 2 that the shooting happened at the back of the train. Other passengers rushed to the front of the train to avoid the gunfire.