Two Custodians Found Shot Dead In Apparent Murder-suicide At Chicago Elementary School

Two custodians person been recovered shot dead successful an evident murder-suicide astatine an simple schoolhouse connected Chicago’s Southwest Side.

Police opportunity that a 48-year-old female and a 63-year-old man were recovered unresponsive, each pinch a gunshot coiled to nan head, wrong Mark Twain Elementary School successful Garfield Ridge connected Monday, according to section media. They were taken to a section infirmary successful captious information and later died, Fox 32 Chicago reported.

The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office told The Independent that nan man had been identified arsenic Theottis James Stigger. Officials person yet to merchandise nan sanction of nan female because her family had not yet been notified.

The custodians’ union, SEIU Local 73, said successful a connection carried by news outlets: “Two families person mislaid a loved 1 and our prayers are pinch their families, and nan staff, students, and families astatine Mark Twain Elementary School.”

The shooting unfolded Monday day erstwhile nan 63-year-old custodian, upset that he was going to beryllium relocated from nan school, walked down his co-worker successful a hallway and changeable her astatine adjacent range, according to a constabulary study obtained by nan Chicago Sun-Times.

The suspected shooter, who had been a custodian for 20 years, past went to nan school’s agency and changeable himself, according to nan report.

There were nary students astatine nan schoolhouse arsenic they don’t return from summertime break until August 24.

Mark Twain Elementary main Matthew Moline said successful a missive to nan schoolhouse organization Tuesday, “We cognize that this news will beryllium profoundly concerning to our families and staff."

“Please cognize that we are taking this business very earnestly to guarantee nan information of our schoolhouse community,” Moline added successful a connection shared by section media.

One concerned parent, Felicia Puga, said she was “appalled” by nan shooting.

“This is ridiculous. Fourteen days until school. And janitors, group that are successful nan schoolhouse pinch my child," Puga, whose girl starts 2nd people successful little than 2 weeks, told ABC 7 Chicago.

"Imagine if a caller student wanted to travel successful present to nan office. They're pinch their parents. ‘Hey, we want to registry our kid for so-and-so,’ and past this conscionable happens,” Puga said.

Edgar Ochoa, a erstwhile student of Mark Twain Elementary, told nan outlet that nan shooting was “kind of unexpected because erstwhile I came present it was ne'er bad astir here.”

Ana Medina, who lives adjacent nan schoolhouse and is acquainted pinch nan custodial staff, said she feels sorry astir what happened.

“I consciousness bad astir them, and we cognize immoderate of them,” she told Fox 32 Chicago.

Last weekend, astatine slightest 5 group were killed, and different 14 were wounded from weapon unit successful nan Windy City, according to CBS News Chicago. The shooting victims reportedly ranged successful property from 17 to 50.