2 adults dead in shooting inside Garfield Ridge elementary school, police say
<p>Two custodians were fatally shot inside a Garfield Ridge elementary school on Monday afternoon in an apparent murder-suicide, according to preliminary police radio transmissions.</p><p>According to a statement from Chicago police, a 63-year-old man and 48-year-old woman were found each with a single gunshot wound to their heads inside the school in the 5100 block of South Lotus Avenue at 3:40 p.m.. They were both taken to Christ Medical Center, where they were pronounced dead, police said.
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<p>Two custodians were fatally shot inside a Garfield Ridge elementary school on Monday afternoon in an apparent murder-suicide, according to preliminary police radio transmissions.</p><p>According to a statement from Chicago police, a 63-year-old man and 48-year-old woman were found each with a single gunshot wound to their heads inside the school in the 5100 block of South Lotus Avenue at 3:40 p.m.. They were both taken to Christ Medical Center, where they were pronounced dead, police said. A weapon was recovered at the scene, police said.</p><p>According to police radio transmissions, a dispatcher said the shooting stemmed from a disagreement between two custodians. Both people were found inside Mark Twain Elementary School, according to the radio dispatches.
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- <p>Two custodians were fatally shot inside a Garfield Ridge elementary school on Monday afternoon in an apparent murder-suicide, according to preliminary police radio transmissions.</p><p>According to a statement from Chicago police, a 63-year-old man and 48-year-old woman were found each with a single gunshot wound to their heads inside the school in the 5100 block of South Lotus Avenue at 3:40 p.m.. They were both taken to Christ Medical Center, where they were pronounced dead, police said.
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