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Shooting incident takes place in parking lot of Elmhurst Hospital Man who allegedly shot daughter turns gun on himself
ports indicated the woman was the Hospital official explains as fied that a man had shot his daughter then somehow, she made it into the man’s daughter, while others said it details emerge in the parking lot at 155 E. Brush Hill ER,” Hartenberger said. “He shot According to hospital spokesman Road. On Wednesday, Oct. 2 at about was his stepdaughter. and killed himself in his vehicle.” 8:30 p.m., the Independent learned This could not be confirmed at Keith Hartenberger, at about 7:11 “The father apparently allegedly See SHOOTING, Page 3 p.m., hospital officials had been noti- shot the daughter in the face, and that police had been summoned to press time. the parking lot of Elmhurst Memorial Hospital on the report of an alleged shooting incident. Hospital officials notified police at about 7 p.m. that there was a man who reportedly had a gun in the parking lot. It was confirmed later in the evening that the man’s daughter had run into the Emergency Room at Elmhurst Hospital, shouting that her father had shot her. While she was being treated inside, the man reportedly returned to his vehicle and shot himself. The male was identified as 73-yearold Robert Shek, who resided in the 300 block of south Rex in Elmhurst. The female was 44-year-old Imelda Shek, who has been transported to Loyola Hospital and is undergoing treatment. Police arrived at the scene within minutes and found Robert in the west parking lot in a vehicle suffering from a gunshot wound. He was brought into the emergency room by Elmhurst Fire Department Paramedics for treatment and died a short time later. The woman initially told police that her father had shot her and then shot himself in the hospital parking lot. During the course of the response, the hospital was briefly placed on lockdown to ensure the safety of the patients and staff. The incident SUBMITTED PHOTO Elmhurst Independent was contained to the parking lot of the hospital and the lockdown was quickly lifted and routine operations The Kartwheels for Kids girls were the recent recipients of the Hops for Humanity fundraiser and were scheduled to speak at their resumed. event on Monday, Oct. 7. This summer, they are raising money to feed the children in the Kidz Express program in the Austin neighThis incident remains under invesborhood of Chicago. tigation. It should be noted that some reBy Dee Longfellow
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