CENTRALIA — A 24-year-old Chicago man was arrested early Friday morning in Centralia after he allegedly pulled a handgun on other passengers on the Amtrak train they were riding into Centralia.

According to police, around 4:33 a.m. Friday, they were contacted by Amtrak about a train approaching the Centralia station with a subject who pulled a firearm on other riders.

All available officers were dispatched to the train station.  At 4:35 am, the train arrived, and officers made contact with the Amtrak conductors as well as 24-year-old passenger Robert King.

The conductors told officers they had the weapon that was in King’s possession and gave it to the police.  King was detained while police obtained witness statements from the conductors and a passenger on the train.

According to the conductors, King had shown them a message that said someone on the train was trying to kill him.  The conductors took King to an empty car on the train where they attempted to gather further information from King.  He gave the conductors a description of the subject that was trying to kill him.  One conductor stayed with King while the other two conductors searched the train.  While they were searching, a passenger stopped one conductor and advised him that the subject they were just walking into the next car, was carrying a handgun.  The conductor returned to the empty car and asked King if he had a firearm.  King then dropped a loaded revolver on the floor.  One conductor held King against the wall while the other conductor took possession of the firearm.

King gave a description of the subject that he stated was trying to kill him.  Officers and conductors searched the entire train and no one on the train matched the description.

King was transported to the station but refused to answer any questions about the incident.

King was arrested for alleged Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon, Possession of a Firearm/No FOID, Carry/Conceal a Firearm/No Conceal Carry License, and Disorderly Conduct. He was fingerprinted, photographed and transported to the Marion County Jail in Salem.