Officials: Woman who owned gun used in Nordstrom shooting falsely reported it stolen

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Nina Dones / photo from Chicago Police

Nina Dones / photo from Chicago Police

A Skokie woman who once owned the gun used in a murder-suicide on Black Friday at the Nordsrom store on North Michigan Avenue has been charged with disorderly conduct for falsely reporting it stolen.

Nina Dones, 23, reported that a semi-automatic pistol was stolen from her apartment in September, according to the Skokie police.

The gun used in the shooting was traced to Dones, and she was arrested Friday by Chicago Police and charged with disorderly conduct for filing a false police report, according to court records.

Dones was being held Saturday on $10,000 bail .

Marcus Dee, 31, walked in to the accessories department of the store at about 8:30 p.m. Nov. 28 and shot his ex-girlfriend, 22-year-old Nadia Ezaldein, before shooting himself to death, authorities said.

Ezaldein, a seasonal employee at the store, died at Northwestern Memorial Hospital the next day,ime.

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