A woman and her three daughters were killed Sunday in a domestic-related shooting in suburban Tinley Park, officials say.
Officers responded about 11:20 a.m. to a home in the 7400 block of 173rd Place after a male called 911 to report a person shot, Tinley Park Village Manager Pat Carr told reporters at the scene.
Three women in their 20s and their mother were found fatally shot inside the home and pronounced dead at the scene, Carr said.
The Cook County medical examiner’s office identified them as Majeda Kassem, 53; Halema Kassem, 25; Hanan Kassem, 24; and Zahia Kassem, 25.
Carr said a man was taken into custody at the scene, and a weapon was recovered. It wasn’t immediately clear if he was the same person who called 911.
Residents have been asked to stay away from the area, but Carr described the incident as “isolated” to the home and said there was no threat to the public.
Charlotte Vaitkus, who lives about a block away from the home where the women were found, said the whole neighborhood was in shock.
“We don’t see this kind of stuff,” she said.
Vaitkus said a family of at least five people lived at the home, adding that her daughter knew a couple of the women very well.
“She always talked about how they were all very intelligent and had very high goals in life, like being a pharmacist and a doctor,” Vaitkus said. “They had a bright future.”
