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Strip mall shooter kills five people
Issue date: 2/4/08 Section: Briefly
TINLEY PARK, Ill. - Police are now in search of a man they said fled a clothing store, where five woman were shot to death Saturday.
After the apparent robbery, officers searched the entire strip mall, but found no trace of the gunman.
Officers found the victims in the back of a Lane Bryant store after receiving a 911 call around 10:45 a.m, police said.
A bystander described the suspect to officers as a stocky black man, about 5 feet 9 inches tall, wearing a black winter coat, dark pants and a knit cap.
After the apparent robbery, officers searched the entire strip mall, but found no trace of the gunman.
Officers found the victims in the back of a Lane Bryant store after receiving a 911 call around 10:45 a.m, police said.
A bystander described the suspect to officers as a stocky black man, about 5 feet 9 inches tall, wearing a black winter coat, dark pants and a knit cap.