A Chicago man was killed and at least four other people were wounded in a shooting early Saturday at a hotel in west suburban Bloomingdale, where at least 100 people were partying on two separate floors with no security on staff, police said.
1 dead, several injured in hotel shooting in Chicago suburb
Police investigate the scene of a shooting at the Indian Lakes Hotel on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021 in Bloomingdale, Ill. Police say one person was killed and several others were injured in a shooting at the hotel in the Chicago suburb. Police said officers who responded about 2:35 a.m. Saturday to a report of shots fired on the fifth floor of the Indian Lakes Hotel saw several people fleeing the hotel. (Pat Nabong /Chicago Sun-Times via AP) February 06, 2021 - 11:59 AM
BLOOMINGDALE, Ill. â Police say one person was killed and several others were injured in a shooting at a hotel in the Chicago suburb of Bloomingdale. Police said officers who responded about 2:35 a.m. Saturday to a report of shots fired on the fifth floor of the Indian Lakes Hotel saw several people fleeing the hotel. Bloomingdale Public Safety Director Frank Giammarese tells WLS-TV that those who were shot were taken to hos
We had concerns. We had a drastic spike, Giammarese said.
Police initially responded to a call of shots fired on the fifth floor of the hotel at 2:35 a.m., officials said.
Officers responding to the suburban hotel located at 250 Schick Road said they saw no security on duty, just a lone hotel employee at the front desk.
They arrived to find dozens of people running from the building where they found as many as six people gunshot victims inside on the 5th floor. We had five shooting victims. As far as we know - five, Giammarese said. But unfortunately, there could have been more. More than 100 people fled the hotel before we had any contact with them.
The fatal shooting happened early Saturday at Indian Lakes Hotel, which has been the site of disturbances in the past, according to officials in the suburb.