Chicago area father tells police why he shot and killed his wife and 3 daughters

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ONE-DAY KILLING SPREE. THAT'S ALL NEW AT SIX CLOCK. >>> PLEASE SAY A TINLEY PARK MAN SAY HE KILLED HIS WIFE AND THREE DAUGHTERS AND EVEN TOLD THEM WHY. MEANWHILE, FRIENDS ARE REMEMBERING THE FOUR WOMEN SHOT AND KILLED SUNDAY IN THE SOUTHWEST SUBURBS. CBS 2'S ANDREW RAMOS IT'S OUTSIDE COURT IN BRIDGEVIEW WHERE THE ACCUSED FACE THE COURT . ANDREW? >> Reporter: AND THAT MAN, MAHER KASSEM IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BAIL, ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS WIFE AND THREE ADULT DAUGHTERS IN COLD BLOOD. THE RESULT OF WHAT PROSECUTORS SAY WAS A HEATED ARGUMENT OVER RESPECT AND MONEY. >> THE DEFENDANT STATED, " THEY ARE ALL GONE. " >> Reporter: SUNDAY MORNING. AFTER HE CALL 911, TELLING THE DISPATCHER THAT HIS WIFE, 53-YEAR-OLD MAJEDA KASSEM HAD BEEN SHOT. >> WHEN POLICE ASKED WHERE EVERYONE WAS AT, THE POLICE -- THE DEFENDANT POINTED IN THE BASEMENT. >> Reporter: HIS 25-YEAR-OLD TWIN DAUGHTERS, HALEMA AND ZAHIA, AND 24-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER HANAN. ALSO INSIDE THE HOME AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING WAS THEIR 19-YEAR-OLD SUN -- SON, THE LONE WITNESS WAS LEFT UNHARMED. ACCORDING TO PROSECUTORS, THE TEAM WOKE UP TO A HEATED ARGUMENT HAPPENING BETWEEN MAHER KASSEM AND ONE OF HIS DAUGHTERS, WHERE HIS WIFE AND OTHER TWO DAUGHTERS WERE URGING HIM TO CALM DOWN. THEN, GUNSHOTS RANG OUT. >> WHEN WITNESS WENT DOWNSTAIRS TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON, HE OBSERVED VICTIM ONE ON THE FLOOR. >> Reporter: THE 19-YEAR-OLD FIRST FOUND HIS MOTHER, THEN TWO OF HIS SISTERS FATALLY SHOT, AND THEN WALKED IN MOMENTS BEFORE HIS FATHER SHOT THE THIRD DAUGHTER. TWO GUNS WERE RECOVERED AT THE SCENE. ACCORDING TO PROSECUTORS, KASSEM APPEARED TO BE DISGRUNTLED ABOUT HOW HE WAS TREATED IN THE HOME. >> THE DEFENDANT WAS RECORDED VOLUNTEERING THINGS ABOUT HAVING JUST RETIRED AND, "SHE TREATED ME LIKE -- DOG ." I WORKED ON MY LIFE AND THEY TREATED ME LIKE -- >> Reporter: MEANWHILE, THE COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO COME FOR THE FAMILY, WHO HAS LOST SO MUCH. HUNDREDS -- IN THE HONOR OF THE FOUR WOMEN KILLED AND WHAT POLICE HAVE CALLED A SENSELESS ACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. SOMETHING THEY HOPE IS ADDRESSED MORE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. >> IT'S ABOUT NOT ONLY MENTAL ILLNESS, BUT CONTROL AND ABUSE. >> Reporter: FUNERAL SERVICES FOR THOSE WOMEN ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE LATER THIS EVENING IN -- AND MAHER KASSEM IS DUE
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Channel: CBS Chicago
Views: 645,874
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Keywords: CBS 2 News Evening, Tinley Park, Illinois, Chicago, fatal shooting, domestic violence, crime
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Length: 2min 39sec (159 seconds)
Published: Tue Jan 23 2024
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