Two women were found shot and killed inside a home with two children in a Chicago suburb Thursday evening, authorities said.
Park Forest police said they were called just after 6 p.m. to investigate a report of a gunshot victim inside a home in the 300 block of Miami Street. After arriving, officers forced their way into the home and discovered two unresponsive women inside the home, alongside two unharmed children.
The children were taken to area hospitals for medical treatment "as a precaution," according to the department.
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as 51-year-old Lillian Brown and 30-year-old Sabrina McCain.
"The initial investigation indicates this was an isolated incident, as the victims and the suspect were acquainted with each other. This is an active investigation and more information will be made available at a later time," the department wrote on social media.
Neighbor Dyrece Boyd told NBC Chicago she knew the victims and would often see the mother and daughter in passing.
“It’s just unfortunate that had to happen and those babies don’t have their mother and grandmother anymore,” she said. “It’s really, really bad.”
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Neighbors described Brown as a quiet and hardworking woman who never missed a day of work.
“Lil’s been living over there for four years,” said Boyd. “She goes to work, she come home, she do her gardening, and her grass that’s all she do. She doesn’t bother nobody.”
It’s unclear who called 911. While police continue to investigate the motive, neighbors said their hearts go out to the families of the victims and the children.
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“My prayers go out to the kids and I hope everything transpired in their world to be a little better than what they witnesses,” said one neighbor.
Anyone with information on what happened is being asked to call the Park Forest Police Department Investigations Unit at (708) 748-1309.
