Suspect released after detectives determine woman fatally stabbed, shot herself in Norwood Park

Police have released a person from custody after determining a woman fatally stabbed and shot herself Tuesday in Norwood Park on the Northwest Side.

A police “investigation revealed this was a suicide, so the person they were questioning was released without charging,” Chicago police spokeswoman Michelle Tannehill said in an email Wednesday.

The person was arrested after police responded to calls for help about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at a home in the 5100 block of North Newland Avenue, police said.

Officers found a 41-year-old woman with multiple stab wounds and a gunshot to her mouth area. Two knives and a gun were found at the scene.

An autopsy confirmed she died of a gunshot wound to her mouth and ruled her death a suicide, the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

She was taken to Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, where she was pronounced dead.

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