Show Five women slain at store outside Chicago Five Women Slain at Store Outside Chicago II Kari Karl Lydersen The Washington Post Five women were fatally shot inside a clothing store in the southwest Chicago LI ii su urb of Tm Tinley ey p Park rIt orT on n Saturday authorities said and police continued to search for the gunman hours later Police described the Saturday-morning Saturday shootings at a Lane Bryant store as a robbery that went rather poorly Search dogs and a helicopter took part in inthe inthe inthe the ensuing manhunt but authorities were releasing few details about their search or the shootings They did release a description of the suspect and asked for the publics public's assi assistance tance No motive has been established in Tinley Park Police TJ Grady said Every store was was immediately canvassed and a search by air too has given us every indication that the offender has left the scene The victims were all found in ib the back of the women's clothing store in inan inan inan an area not frequented by customers Grady said He would not say whether the victims were customers or d' d store employees Representatives of Lane Bryant which specializes in size plus-size women's clothing and has headquarters in Columbus Ohio could not be reached for comment Tinley Park is an upper- upper middle middle-c middle class lass suburb 0 of about f residents 30 miles from downtown Chicago It is known as a low-crime low area the towns town's most recent crime news involved the theft of a Salvation Army Anny collection kettle from a astore astore astore store in December and an online sex solicitation sting last month Greg Gracz drove his hiscar hiscar hiscar car into the Brookside Marketplace strip mall parking lot shortly after 11 am a.m. about 20 minutes after a call to police reported the bodies He said he noticed numerous squad cars ambulances and a converging on the scene I saw a fireman going into Lane Bryant with a breathing apparatus so I thought maybe people had inhaled fumes that were making them sick which worried me since my wife shops there two or three times a week said Gracz 48 a window deliveryman When he approached a across the parking lot he learned from froman an officer that a gunman was on the loose Gracz said he immediately called his family to make sure they were not at any nearby shopping centers Gracz saw squad cars from several neighboring counties and an emergency command center at the scene The town released a statement noting that extra police were patrolling the area and that it did not believe residents were in danger Nevertheless Gracz said his year old son was extremely upset Hes fixed at the window saying I dont don't know that person Ive never seen that car Gracz said Its scary when its it's right in your back yard The Tinley Park shootings occurred two months after eight shoppers at an Omaha department store were killed by a gunman after he had lost his job and broke up with his girlfriend The Theman Theman Theman man then killed himself Last April a gunman killed two people in a Kansas City Mo ma Mor 1 parking g lot Jot before being shot dead by police poliS rd 01 vI last February a man opened fire with willi a shotgun inside a Salt Lake City mall killing five people and wounding four others before an off- off duty police officer returned fire and killed him |