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CHICAGO (CBS) ―
Man, Girlfriend Dead In Downtown Old Navy Shooting
(5/8/2010)
The Old Navy store at State and Washington streets downtown opened for business today, after a murder-suicide in the store last week.
On Friday, employee Tranesha Palms, 22, was shot to death by her boyfriend, Eugene Robertson, 27, who then turned the gun on himself.
The couple's bodies were found the basement of the store Friday morning. A source said Robinson shot Palms multiple times before shooting himself in an employee-only area of the store's basement.
See a slideshow of photos from the scene.
Autopsies performed Saturday reveal Palms died of multiple gunshot wounds and Robertson died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, the medical examiner's office said. Their deaths were ruled a homicide and suicide, respectively.
Chicago Police say there was an immediate response to the shooting. Sources say a Chicago police officer was patrolling in her squad car and was alerted by three people who ran out of the store.
The officer turned the corner in her squad car in traffic, getting out with her gun drawn, approaching the store, then re-holstering her gun and getting back in her squad car. She never went in. A sergeant had already gone into the store.
A police representative said detectives are looking at video from cameras in the area as part of their investigation. The representative added no one has claimed any wrongdoing on the part of the officer.
An Old Navy representative issued a statement on the shooting Friday afternoon:
"Our thoughts and prayers go out to the friends and family of the victims. We are fully cooperating with the police as they investigate. We are offering immediate and ongoing counseling to support them through this time."
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