Off-Duty Cop Shoots Self, Children

An off-duty Chicago police officer appears to have shot his two young children and then killed himself this morning. The 9-year-old boy is currently in critical condition, but the 7-year-old girl died from her injuries. (Earlier reports put the children at 6 and 8, then at 8 and 12, but the most current says 7 and 9.) [S-T, Trib]