Victims identified after man shoots wife, 3 daughters to death at Tinley Park home, officials say

>> KAREN AND ROB. TONIGHT WE ARE LEARNING THE NAMES OF THOSE VICTIMS WHO POLICE SAY WERE SHOT AND KILLED BY THE MOTHER'S HUSBAND BEFORE HE CALLED POLICE. TONIGHT, LOVED ONES GATHERING HERE WITH HEAVY HEARTS AND EMOTIONAL EMBRACE. WITH HEARTS LEFT BROKEN AS LOVED ONES CAME TOGETHER TONIGHT WATCHING IN DESPAIR AS CRIME TAPE SURROUNDED A HOME NOW TURNED INTO A MURDER SCENE. IT'S A TRAGEDY AGAIN. >> FOR NOT ONLY THE FAMILY, BUT ALL THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS THAT ARE THERE. IT IS A DEVASTATING HIT TO OUR COMMUNITY, BUT WE WILL REBOUND AND WE'RE THERE FOR THE FAMILY AND WE'RE THERE FOR THE NEIGHBORS. >> EMERGENCY LIGHTS ILLUMINATE 173RD PLACE AND OSCEOLA AVENUE IN TINLEY PARK, WHERE VILLAGE OFFICIALS SAY FOUR WOMEN WERE SHOT AND KILLED THIS MORNING. THE COOK COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE IDENTIFIED THE WOMEN AS 53 YEAR-OLD MAJIDA KASSEM AND HER THREE DAUGHTERS, TWIN SISTERS, 25 YEAR OLD HALIMA AND ZAHARA KASSEM, AND 24 YEAR OLD HANAN KASSEM. INVESTIGATORS TELL ABC SEVEN THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER WAS THE HUSBAND AND FATHER OF THE VICTIMS WHO MADE THE 911 CALL. >> WE'RE GETTING A CALL FROM A MALE SUBJECT THAT HIS WIFE WAS SHOT, THE LINE DISCONNECTED. HE WASN'T REALLY COOPERATIVE. AGAIN, WE HAVE POLICE IN ROUTE AS WELL. >> WHEN THEY ARRIVED, POLICE SAY THE MAN WAS FOUND UNINJURED IN THE HOME AND A GUN WAS RECOVERED AT THE SCENE. THE MAN WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND CHARGES ARE PENDING. THOSE WHO KNEW THE VICTIMS, REMEMBERING THEM AS BRIGHT LIGHTS NOW FOREVER DIMMED. >> MY DAUGHTER KNOWS THEM AND SHE WENT TO SCHOOL WITH THE OLDEST SON AND SHE EMPLOYED THE TWIN SISTERS AND SHE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY WERE ALL VERY INTELLIGENT AND THEY HAD VERY HIGH GOALS IN LIFE. >> AND POLICE HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT AT THIS TIME, BUT SAY THEY WILL SHARE MORE INFORMATION

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Length: 1min 58sec (118 seconds)

Published: Mon Jan 22 2024