his parents' home where he turned the gun on himself. suspect quadruple homicide took his old life this afternoon investigators closed-end. 42 year-old man with a long criminal history left a suicide note. source says did not mention that the murders. relationship with the 37 year old found in her burning home this morning along with her son at 16 year-old boy and would have turned 14 years old and their cause and 19 year-old. all four shot in their beds according to a source of the fire set to cover up the crime. handgun found at the scene of suicide linked to the killing classmates popular freshman rushed to his home as soon as they heard the news much larger group gathering for a prayer vigil tonight >> he was a very loving and kind person a really good guy happy person and always with a smile on everyone's face. hurd said to see him at such a young age >> source says investigators knew something was wrong front door had been kicked in. boston got worried when she did not show up for her job driving a school bus early this morning. batt but she cared a lot about her kids like most parents. tragedy that she is dead and her kids are dead >> i thought nobody was home and i find out they are all dead it is heartbreaking at the terrible. >> classmates telos absolutely and a state of shock over this and crisis counselors already made available to them tonight. live from villa park wgn news >> developing in washington white house reportedly on lockdown some say smoke bomb thrown by occupy wall street protester at a cloud rally outside of the gate. president and first lady not home at the time out to dinner 7 reddick 48th birthday tonight first lady. reaction of beating of chicago teenager posted on you tube first showed at 9:00 last night questioning six boys about attack saturday in an alley. area one police headquarters >> no charges in the case at this hour but videotape difficult to watch turned out to be incredible tool for investigators identified things like faces and voices interestingly enough public is responding. we want to warn you it the video is graphic >> kicking and punching or again profanity from start to finish 17 year-old high-school student hardly stood a chance tried to hold his own and an alley it was six against one of that day. the video can be found on due to getting a lot of play already 43,000 hits. victim was told he was being robbed attackers tried to take his coat and tissues maybe more. high school star of the student population fears retaliation can come next attending a rival high-school >> cannot believe somebody would do that heard about it in the morning people told me to look at these videos and >> he must have done something i do not know the story but it was pretty disturbing >> makes me feel insecure because can happen to any of my friends or even to me >> mother is shocked it happened but shock to somebody videotaped it and posted it on line >> the% to just stand there and watch them do that >> investigators talking to six individuals and looking for more. video itself at countless comments found on social media helping to find them. even the mayor is keeping an eye on this case. harsh lesson >> should be a wake-up call value system those kids doing that to another is wrong. not tolerable >> amazing in the case at the video is emotionally charged people turning names and addresses of potential offenders giving them up online at comments or around the world are flooding into internet. total incident makes me sick embarrasses me to be from chicago. i know i speak for everyone when i say stay strong and made justice prevail. community activists as the online outlet could be a new way of policing. >> put it on facebook and tweet it is the best way of doing things. some people do not want to come forward if you can't text it or email it get it to the police department in the best way you can't if you did not want to comment and you can watch the cases be solved much faster. >> you two pits at about 43,000 just an hour ago sense that the number has doubled and that is just on one of the u to channels we have matured as of late not able to speak to the big dump itself and this case but we have been told he has been ok separate bruises and lacerations physically nothing more we are told and also on clear exactly what led up to the fight what transpired before hand were the attackers after clothes or the badge or something else? we think that ought to police to figure out >> so-called englewood four finally free on murder charges after 17 years prosecutors dropped all charges today. cook county criminal court harold richardson, terrill swift, vincent thames and michael saunders will not be retried judge threw out the conditions last year for 1994 rape and murder of nina glover because the dna a linked another man johnny douglas to the crime. >> judge made the right decision >> the man it clear it can get on with their lives but convicted killer dna in matched what shot and killed himself in 2008. and vicious the attacked by two pit bulls a lot of the lakefront spoke out publicly thought he was going to die as the dogs bit him numerous times. wgn sean lewis here >> joseph finley be out of the hospital tomorrow but certainly not out of the woods after the pit bull attack it was clear as to talk to reporters today not just his physical strength that kept him alive through the horrific attack it was his spirit as well. he may be down but he is not out for dog attack victim joseph finley we heard from him the first time today. >> in my mind survive survive you have to survive >> survive echoes through the mind for years. family early morning jog joseph finley early morning jog rainbow beach park on the south shore >> i remember the dogs coming at me. constantly. gang again and biting and tearing and poland. they work by dig my body like i was a hamburger. all i remember is the last effort to survive by hitting the dog as hard as i could to keep it from my throat. that is when i started calling out for help. >> good samaritan heard his calls and ran for help kitten get the dogs with a baseball bat. officers showed up shooting and killing the animals. doctors who worked on joseph finley @ hospital say even though the attack claimed the part of his left leg and partial use of an arm his spirit is what they believe has gotten so far so quickly. >> he is doing it very well a tribute to how strong of an individual he is. >> ultimate colp rehabilitation his hobby of running which he took up 10 years ago will again be a part of his life. >> i just want to be able to walk again and use my arm again and to be able to have these thoughts in my mind that constantly has my body being torn apart i want to get that out of my head. >> the owner of the pit bulls was ticketed by police but will not face charges because there are no stricter laws in chicago that apply to dog attacks. joseph finley says he wants to help change that as you can see we have many more parts of the interview on a website. >> plan to keep order during the upcoming g-8 and nato summits and appears he is backing down a bit. charges of a secret deal dirty chicago politics at its best or worst story up fierce battle for should be on a primary ballot at temperatures taken a big plunge tom skilling says we could see lows and the single digits and wgn news @ hi. i like helping people save. time, hassle and the big one -- money. hundreds, in fact, if you're a progressive customer, like me. next hundred cars, they're on the messenger. release the savings, my friend! ♪ ♪ ♪ [ mom ] we didn't know where to go next with eric's adhd. his stimulant medicine was helping but some symptoms were still in his way. so the doctor kept eric on his current medicine and added nonstimulant intuniv to his treatment plan. 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