2 Killed in Chicago Elementary Shooting
Police said a weapon was recovered and Area 1 detectives were investigating after a man and a woman were found dead inside the school.
- On Monday afternoon, two custodians were fatally shot inside Mark Twain Elementary School in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood near Chicago's Midway International Airport around 3:40 p.m.
- Officers found a 48-year-old woman and 63-year-old man each with a single gunshot wound to the head; preliminary police radio transmissions described the incident as "apparently self-inflicted."
- Both victims were transported to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn and pronounced dead, while officers recovered a weapon at the scene.
- No students were present since classes do not begin until August 24. Trumaine Reeves, executive vice president of SEIU Local 73, confirmed the victims were school custodians.
- Area 1 detectives are investigating the shooting, though authorities have not released details regarding what led to the incident or whether the victims knew each other.
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2 adults dead in shooting inside Garfield Ridge elementary school, police say
<p>Two custodians were fatally shot inside Mark Twain Elementary School in Garfield Ridge on Monday afternoon in an apparent murder-suicide, according to preliminary police radio transmissions.</p><p>According to a statement from Chicago police, a 63-year-old man and 48-year-old woman were found each with a single gunshot wound to their heads inside the school in the 5100 block of South Lotus Avenue at 3:40 p.m. They were both taken to Christ Me…
Two fatally shot at Mark Twain Elementary School: police
A man and a woman were both in critical condition Monday afternoon after they were shot inside Mark Twain Elementary School on the city’s Southwest Side, according to a preliminary police notification obtained by the Tribune and a police department statement. The shooting took place at 5134 S. Lotus Ave. in Garfield Ridge around 3:40 […]
2 critically injured in shooting at Chicago elementary school
Two people have been critically injured in a shooting at an elementary school on Chicago’s Southwest Side, according to fire officials. The shooting was reported at about 3:50 p.m. Monday at Mark Twain Elementary School in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood, WMAQ reported, citing the Chicago Fire Department. The school is located in the 5100 block of South Lotus Avenue, near West 52nd Street. Both victims were taken to an area hospital in critical …
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