Man killed, woman shot in domestic incident in northwest suburban Chicago building, police say
A man was killed and a woman was wounded in what was believed to be an attempted muder-suicide in northwest suburban Mount Prospect, Illinois Monday afternoon.
The incident happened in a closed shared garage of a condominium building in the 1200 block of West Northwest Highway.
Mount Prospect police said a 63-year-old woman and a 53-year-old man suffered gunshot wounds. Police described the woman as the victim and the man as the offender.
Both were taken to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge. The woman was awake and speaking with detectives, while the man was initially listed in critical condition, but was later pronounced dead shortly before 9 p.m. He has been identified as Michael Work, of Shorewood, Wisconsin.
Police later learned the woman arrived at the condo building at 4:45 p.m. and pulled her vehicle into the secured garage. When the garage door was still open, Work drove into the garage and struck the driver's side of the woman's car, police said.
Work then got out of his car and began shooting at the woman's car, police said. He fired multiple shots, and the woman suffered multiple gunshot wounds, police said.
Work then shot himself outside his own car, police said.
Detectives learned that Work and the woman had been dating, and their relationship had ended within the past few months.
No one else was injured.
The Major Case Assistance Team's Forensic Team was called to the scene.
