Two residents were found dead Thursday in an Oak Lawn home on the 10000 block of South Maple Avenue, in what the medical examiner’s office classified a homicide-suicide.
Officers were sent to conduct a well-being check at the home just after noon on Thursday, after a health care worker attempted to contact the residents and requested police assistance after not being able to get inside, Oak Lawn police said in a statement.
After police entered the residence, two elderly siblings were found dead with gunshot wounds, and officers recovered a firearm at the scene, police said.
The Cook County medical examiner’s office determined Friday both people died from a gunshot wound to the head, classifying one death a homicide and the other a suicide.
Police said the investigation was continuing but also said they are not looking for anybody else involved.
Cam’ron Hardy is a freelance reporter for the Daily Southtown.