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  • Romeoville Shooting Suspects Questioned

    Romeoville police released two of four people they were questioning Thursday evening in relation to the shooting of a mother and daughter that morning.

    Romeoville Police Chief Mark Turvey said the four people being questioned range in age from their late teens to their early 20s.

    A 23-year-old man and another man remained in police custody and no charges have been filed.

    Turvey said investigators have not yet determined a motive for the shooting of a 33-year-old woman and her 15-year-old daughter in an SUV as they were leaving for school.

    The shooting took place on the 300 block of Emery Avenue. The mother and daughter had just left their home and were sitting in an SUV in their driveway at approximately 7 a.m. on Thursday when a suspect walked up to their vehicle and opened fire.

    “It was point blank. They were in the car and he shot through passenger side, first the daughter then the mother. Then he fled,” Turvey said.

    Police say the 15-year-old girl was shot in the head and her 33-year-old mother was shot in the neck.

    Neighbors Brian Corban heard the gun shots and ran outside in time to see the mother get out of the SUV.

    “She was bleeding around the chest and neck,” Corban said.

    “We went around to other side and tried to get the daughter up. She wasn’t looking good,” he added.

    The shooter, described as a short male, was last seen running west along 135th Street.

    Both victims were rushed to a Bolingbrook hospital and later transported to Loyola Hospital.

    Turvey said the gunman specifically targeted the women and that shootings are rare in Romeoville.

    The shooting prompted a two-hour “soft” lockdown at schools in the immediate area. School officials initially told parents to send their children to school while police conducted a search immediately following the shooting. Officials then told parents to keep their children at home until the lockdown was lifted.

    Anyone with information related to the crime is asked to contact the Romeoville Police Department at 815-886-7219 or an anonymous tip line at 815-328-5205.

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  • Romeoville Shooting: Mother and Daughter Targeted

    The quiet Illinois neighborhood of Romeoville is shocked and reeling today after a mother and daughter are shot leaving their home.

    At around 7 am Thursday morning, the 33-year-old mother and her 15-year-old daughter were in their SUV and backing out of their driveway in the 300 block of Emery Ave. They were getting ready to leave to take the girl to school, but where shot before they made it onto the street.

    “A male subject approached the car and shot the daughter, and then shot the mother,” said Romeoville Police Chief Mark Turvey in an interview. He said the gunman specifically targeted the women. However, a motive for the incident is not known at this time and investigators are working to find why these two women were involved in the shooting.

    Police questioned four persons of interest, who range in age from late teens to early 20s.

    “We don’t know that any of these four are the offender, but we’re confident that the offender … either he’s no longer a threat, or he’s no longer in the area,” said Turvey.

    The shooting took place about two blocks away from Irene King Elementary School. Officials put that school, as well as others in the area, on “soft lockdown” while police searched for a suspect. Parents were initially told to send their children to school, but were later advised to wait until the lockdown was lifted.

    The children who did go to school when the buildings were on lockdown were transported to the Romeoville Recreation Center until the lockdown was lifted, at around 9:30 am.

    Shootings are not something that Romeoville sees much of. In fact, Turvey said “one a year” is a lot.

    The mother was taken to Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital for treatment, while the daughter was airlifted to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood.

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  • Reckless Driver’s Facebook Posts Jeopardize Defense

    Back in May 2008 an Illinois man accused of reckless driving struck and killed a teenage student of the local Romeoville high School. Witnesses say Thomas Maciaszek
    was speeding and weaving in and out of traffic when the accident occurred.

    The victim, Christina Jungkans was reportedly attempting to make a left hand turn from an adjacent street at the time of the collision.

    The subsequent trial found Maciaszek guilty of reckless homicide however, the prosecuting attorney requested the presiding judge put sentencing on hold until the defendants Facebook posts could be reviewed. Apparently there is something suspicious contained in the posts.

    According to Maciaszek, he was suffering from great depression and insomnia at the time of the accident. His lack of sleep and focus is what he attributes to the tragedy. The county prosecutor has not yet released what the nature of the Facebook posts were or how they contradict the defendants testimony but, there are rumors that alcohol could have been involved despite the fact that tests revealed he was not intoxicated at the time of the accident.

    Jungkan’s family and friends are devostated by the sudden accident and death of the young girl. Jungkans made plans to be a judge advocate general lawyer after joining ROTC in high school and her friends report that she was always trying to make them better people.

    It is still not clear what role the Facebook posts will play in the sentencing of the offender but the case will be before a judge again wednesday.

    [Source: Herald News SunTimes