50-year-old woman was killed and a 53-year-old man wounded in what police say appears to be a murder suicide in a West Rogers Park home Thursday morning, authorities said.
A man and a woman going through a divorce started arguing in the home in the 2900 block of West Sherwin Avenue a little before 9 a.m., Chicago police said, citing preliminary information.
Their children locked themselves in a room and called 9-1-1, police said.
At some point during the call or argument, the man shot the woman in the head before turning the gun on himself, police said. The woman died.
The woman was identified as Nancy Nathan, of the same address, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. She apparently died of multiple gunshot wounds, an autopsy is scheduled for Friday.
Daniel Nathan, 53, was pronounced dead just before 12 a.m. Friday morning.
Area North detectives continued to investigate the shooting.
A compilation of daily news articles from around the United States about deaths (including both people and animals) that appear to occur in the context of a past or present intimate relationship, focusing on 2009-present. (NOTE: this blog is limited to incidents that appear in the media and are captured by our search terms. We recognize this is not an exhaustive portrayal of all deaths resulting from intimate violence.) When is society going to realize intimate violence makes victims of us all?
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