Woman shot, killed in Schaumburg hotel parking lot, gunman in custody, police say
Woman fatally shot outside of Schaumburg hotel
Police are investigating after a woman is shot and killed in a hotel parking lot.
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. - A woman was shot and killed in the parking lot of a hotel in northwest suburban Schaumburg on Friday night.
What we know:
Officers responded around 10:15 p.m. to the Marriott Hotel at 50 N. Martingale Road for a person with a gunshot wound to the head, according to Schaumburg police.
A female victim was shot and then taken to Lutheran General Hospital, where she died.
The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office identified the woman as Christine Moyer, 45, of Galena, Ohio.
The gunman was detained at the scene and taken into custody, police said. Officers also found the gun used in the shooting.
Police said the victim and gunman knew each other, and the shooting was an isolated incident. There was no threat to the public.
What they're saying:
"I was inside by the atm and I heard some people calling "gunshot!" and then the manager said Was there a gunshot, and he said he was calling the ambulance, and then I just saw people move quickly to the elevator to the lobby," said Flory Sommers.
Sommers witnessed just a part of the scene unfold at the Chicago Marriott Schaumburg on Friday night.
Luckily, she and her friends missed the chaos that unfolded outside.
"That was maybe two minutes after I walked inside of the lobby from the parking lot," said Sommers.
"Just out of the ordinary for something like this to happen out here," said David Zimel.
When pulling into the hotel on Saturday, Zimel says he and his wife quickly suspected that something had happened overnight.
"They were here looking in the lawn, they were taking pictures when we pulled up. I noticed that right away," said Zimel, "They were just down there looking, the management was down here. It looked like it was all safe and everything, but there was definitely something going on."
Hotel staff told Fox 32 that a wedding reception was held at the hotel on Friday night.
Hotel guests that we spoke to off-camera suspected that Moyer was a guest at the wedding, but police and the hotel are not confirming why the victim and gunman were at the Marriott.
"It makes you a little more aware that things can happen anywhere, doesn't matter where you are," said Zimel.
Overall, the hotel guests Fox 32 spoke to were impressed with the Marriott staff's prompt action following the shooting.
What we don't know:
It was unclear what exactly led to the shooting.
Police did not identify the gunman.
Schaumburg police are investigating.
Fox 32 reached out to Marriott corporate and the general manager of the Schaumburg Marriott, and didn't receive an immediate response.