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submitted 1 year ago by deconstruct@lemm.ee to c/news@lemmy.world

Police in a quiet community outside Chicago who are investigating the shooting deaths of a family of four, including two children, in their home Sunday night say it wasn’t a random incident.

The two adults, their two children and their three dogs were found with gunshot wounds in their home in Romeoville, Illinois, about 30 miles southwest of Chicago, officials said.

Police do not consider the deaths a murder-suicide and are investigating the incident as a murder, Deputy Chief Chris Burne of the Romeoville Police Department, said during a news conference Monday.

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[-] theKalash@feddit.ch 8 points 1 year ago

it wasn’t a random incident.

Is killing an entire family ever a "random" incident? wtf is that even supposed to mean?

[-] Shihali@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago

It means that the police believe that the family was targeted because of some relationship, instead of a serial killer or armed robbers looking for whoever left the door open or doesn't keep large dogs. So the police don't expect the killer(s) to massacre another family in the neighborhood.

[-] clgoh@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Random could be a robbery gone bad.

Not random could mean they were targeted.

[-] bobman@unilem.org 0 points 1 year ago

Calm down. This isn't reddit where you can nitpick everything and expect others to follow suit.

[-] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 year ago

This flagrant lack of bow and arrow control is unamerican, we must do more to keep these weap…

Oh, it was guns? Never mind, please continue.

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