In the western suburbs of Chicago, Downers Grove, a Chinese couple both collapsed at home. **Preliminary investigation found that the two people may have had an argument over trivial matters, and the husband shot his wife and then swallowed a gun and died.
Comprehensive NBC, ABC and SNBC reports, ** announced the identities of the two deceased on the 10th, namely the 42-year-old man Su Dongwei (Dongwei Su) and his wife Sui Yakun (Yakun Sui) of the same age, and the crime scene was their residence in the 6400 block of Fairview **Enue. The authorities described the incident as happening on the evening of the 9th, when an eyewitness reported that he saw a man holding a gun in a certain house, and then gunshots were heard in the house, and when the police arrived at the scene, they found that a man and a woman in the house had been killed.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the two deceased were husband and wife, and that there had been an argument before the incident, which then turned into a physical altercation, and the husband was suspected of picking up a pistol to shoot his wife again, and finally committed suicide by drinking bullets. The authorities believe that the ** case involves a family dispute, and the community does not face a threat, and the forensic doctor will further disclose more details after the autopsy on the 11th.
*As seen in the interview, ** after the blockade of the nearby community, it took about 14 hours to investigate and clean up the scene, and the residence involved in the case was not unsealed until the afternoon of the 10th.
Neighbors expressed shock at the case, with some describing the incident as unsettling and unimaginable. It is reported that when a number of police cars arrived at the scene on the night of the incident, many people in the community thought that the snowplow truck had arrived, and it was not until the police knocked on the door to investigate that they knew that the situation was serious. The neighbors revealed that the couple involved in the case had only moved into the area for about 7 weeks, and it was believed that there was still one son in the family, but because the other party had only settled down for a short time, the neighbors did not have the opportunity to really know each other. As of press time, the families of Su Dongwei and Sui Yakun had still released obituaries and funeral arrangements. Donners Grove Mayor Bob Barnett issued a statement describing the incident as tragic and calling on anyone to call for help in times of family tension.
Donners Grove is located in DuPage County, Illinois, in the southwest suburb of Chicago. According to the 2020 census, the population of the municipality is about 50,000.