2 Custodians Found Shot Dead Inside Chicago Elementary School
Chicago police say a 48-year-old woman and a 63-year-old man were each found with a single gunshot wound to the head at Mark Twain Elementary School, where a weapon was recovered.
Two school custodians were found shot dead Monday inside Mark Twain Elementary School, just north of Chicago's Midway International Airport, according to ABC News' Chicago station WLS.
The Chicago Police Department said in a statement that two adults were discovered unresponsive Monday afternoon. One victim, a 48-year-old woman, had a single gunshot wound to the head. The other, a 63-year-old man, also had a single gunshot wound to the head.
Both were taken to Christ Hospital in critical condition and pronounced dead there, police said.
A weapon was recovered at the scene, according to the department's statement. Police said the investigation is ongoing.
The school's principal said no students were inside the building at the time of the shooting, WLS reported.
Police have not released the names of the two victims, and have not said whether anyone is in custody or being sought in connection with the deaths. No motive has been described.
Mark Twain Elementary School sits on Chicago's Southwest Side, in a residential area near one of the city's two major commercial airports.
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