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5 shot dead in US robbery
03/02/2008 14:41 - (SA)
Tinley Park, Illinois - Police were searching for a man they said fled a clothing store in a Chicago suburb where five woman were shot to death during an apparent robbery.
Officers with guns drawn swept through neighbouring shops, aisle by aisle, at the Brookside Marketplace strip mall shortly after the shootings on Saturday, but found no trace of the gunman.
Attempts to find him with dogs and a helicopter equipped with infrared sensors also failed, authorities said.
Officers found the victims, including at least one employee, at the back of the Lane Bryant store after receiving a 911 call around 10:45, police said. Chief Mike O'Connell said a bystander told officers he had seen a stocky black man leave the store, describing him as about 1.75m tall, and wearing a black winter coat, a knit cap and dark pants.
Authorities said robbery was believed to be the motive. The store did not have its own security camera, O'Connell said, but investigators were trying to determine if there was video from cameras mounted at nearby stores.
"We do not want to compromise any evidence that may be out there ... I ask we keep family of the victims in our thoughts and prayers," he said.
- AP
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