Authorities say shooting during a large gathering in a Chicago suburban hotel killed a man and injured several other people
BLOOMINGDALE, Ill. – A shooting early Saturday at a large rally at a Chicago suburban hotel killed one man and injured several other people, police said.
The shooting took place during “some sort of big gathering” among guests at the Indian Lakes Hotel in Bloomingdale, according to Frank Giammarese, Bloomingdale’s director of public safety. Investigators were still piecing together what happened, he said, but “it seems there were a few different groups attending different events at the hotel” when “something happened and then the shooting took place, usually in the corridors of the hotel. “
People had fled the hotel when officers arrived at around 2:35 a.m. in response to a report of gunfire on the fifth floor. Officers found “multiple apparent victims of gunshot wounds inside,” police said in a press release.
James McGill Jr., 27, of Chicago, was pronounced dead in a hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
As many as six other people were hit by gunfire, but the exact number was unknown as several people had fled, including one or more possible suspects, Giammarese said. No police officers were shot, he said.
He said there have been “ongoing concerns” in the recent past about large gatherings at the hotel.
Located about 30 miles west of downtown Chicago, the five-story Indian Lakes Hotel features 300 newly renovated guest rooms and over 650 square feet of event space, according to the resort’s website.