Oak Forest police say they were called several times for domestic matters at a home where police say Carlos Gomez fatally shot his wife and two of her children, before setting the house on fire.
Sam Jensen, with her children, Jack, 3, and Scarlett, 5, view a memorial of flowers, stuffed animals and candles Saturday after placing their own bouquet at the site of a burned house at 5550 Ann Marie Lane in Oak Forest. Three people were found shot outside the property Friday morning, and a fourth person, who police say was the offender, was found inside the house after the fire was extinguished.
Carlos Gomez apparently set the family’s home ablaze before shooting himself, Oak Forest police Chief Jason Reid said.Carlos Gomez died of a gunshot wound to the head and his death was ruled a suicide, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Briana Rodriguez graduated from Oak Forest High School, just a few blocks north of their home, in 2018, and her brother Emilio Rodriguez graduated in 2020, according to Bremen High School District 228.
Two other children lived in the home, and one was outside the house when police arrived and another was sent out of the home later, Reid said.
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