CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide at a Chinatown hotel where a 61-year-old woman fatally shot her grandson before turning the gun on herself.
According to police, officers found the pair dead with gunshot wounds to their heads at about 2:35 p.m. Sunday after responding to a well-being check at a hotel room in the 200 block of West Cermak.
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Detectives believe the woman fatally shot her 24-year-old grandson before shooting herself sometime Friday, according to police spokesman Michael Carroll.
The Cook County medical examiner’s office said the incident happened at the Jaslin Hotel, 261 W. Cermak Road. Their names and autopsy results have not been released.
Police on Monday initially said the man was the shooter before later clarifying that investigators believe the woman fired the shots, the Sun-Times reported.
Area One detectives are conducting a death investigation.