Police in a quiet community outside Chicago who are investigating the shooting deaths of a family of four, including two children, in their home Sunday night say it wasn’t a random incident.
The two adults, their two children and their three dogs were found with gunshot wounds in their home in Romeoville, Illinois, about 30 miles southwest of Chicago, officials said.
Police do not consider the deaths a murder-suicide and are investigating the incident as a murder, Deputy Chief Chris Burne of the Romeoville Police Department, said during a news conference Monday.
They also now say there’s no reason for the public to stay indoors.
“We were able to determine this was not a random incident and there was no cause for a shelter in place order,” Burne said on Tuesday. “This incident is the police department’s top priority.”
The victims were identified as Alberto Rolon, 38, and Zoraida Bartolomei, 32, and their two boys, ages 7 and 9, according to the Will County Coroner’s Office.
Officers were dispatched to the home in the 500 block of Concord Avenue to perform a well-being check after one of the family members did not show up to work Sunday and calls from relatives went unanswered, prompting concern, Burne said.
Police believe the shooting happened sometime between 9 p.m. Saturday and 5 a.m. Sunday.
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