Shooting At State St. Old Navy, 2 Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide
By Marcus Gilmer in News on May 7, 2010 4:26PM
A shooting happened just half an hour ago at the Loop Old Navy location on N. State and the Sun-Times is reporting one person dead. Twitter user justinmassa took this photo of the chaos outside the store following the shooting. He also told us, "lots of cops, some in riot gear. unclear if whatever happened has ended..."
The Sun-Times reports: "There are reports of people injured in the basement of the building. A man in a blue jogging suit was reported as attempting to flee the building and police were closing down State Street between Madison and Roosevelt."
Update: The Tribune is now reporting two people were killed. Their report also says that it appears to be murder-suicide: "Sources said a man walked into the store and shot his girlfriend, then turned the gun on himself." The girl was an employee at Old Navy.
Update: The Sun-Times reports State Street from Madison to Roosevelt is shut down so plan accordingly if you have to head downtown.
Update: Police won't confirm the incident was a murder-suicide, but that the man was "the offender" per WGN 9. State St. also looks like it is reopened to traffic.