Search Continues for Suspect in Fatal Shooting of Railway Guard

HARVEY, IL — Police Monday are still searching for a gunman who fatally shot a security guard at a Canadian National railyard in Harvey Saturday evening.

Tyrone Hardin, 38, was shot while on the job at Canadian National Railway property in the 15800 block of West Avenue.

Hardin was a security guard with Gideon's 300 Security Services Inc., which was on contract with Canadian National. Gideon 300 President Lawrence Moore remembered Hardin as "a true professional dedicated to his duties," Chicago Tribune reports. Hardin's listed address is Riverdale, but the Tribune reports he had most recently been residing in Indiana.

It appears Hardin was in the wrong place at the wrong time, shot by a man on the run after stealing and later crashing a car nearby. The suspect got out of that car and ran onto a viaduct, which led to Canadian National property. It's then the suspect encountered Hardin and shot him several times in the abdomen. He was taken to Advocate South Suburban Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 6:25 p.m.

The suspect fled the scene and despite a manhunt by several area police departments, has not been located.