Questions Arise After Shooting

ROCK FALLS - It was around 8:30 a.m. on this sunny spring morning when shots could be heard around Dillon Elementary School in Rock Falls. A normal day of school turned into lockdown for the students. In fact, all Rock Falls schools were placed on lockdown. Officers were sent to the schools for extra security until the suspect was located.

The shooting took place at the corner of West 19th Street and 8th Avenue. At the location a white female in her mid 40s was reportedly shot. A male suspect was seen running from the area towards the 700 block of West 18th Street and was pursued by Rock Falls police. The suspect was described as a male white in his mid 50s wearing a dark-colored hoodie.

The suspect entered an apartment in the 500 block of West 18th Street. A perimeter was established and the Rock Falls SRT assisted by Whiteside country SRT and Illinois State Police gained entry into the residence and located a female white deceased and a male white, identified as the suspect involved in the initial shooting, discovered deceased as well.

At a press conference at 11:21 a.m., it was noted that this case has been resolved. No questions were asked at that time because, it was said, the case is still being investigated. The schools were released from lockdown when the suspect was located, but officers remained.

No names were released pending notification of relatives.

UPDATE: THIS WAS THE KEY QUESTION SO FAR...OBNS/WSDR questions: Are there three dead? The first woman shot on the corner (dead?); then the man fled to apartment, found dead. A white female there dead as well...more later...early report had one woman shot on the corner while walking with a child. Where is the child? That would be one woman dead and then two more at apartment...the report from the press conference just indicated "shot" for the first woman. Police said she was killed, but later reports suggest otherwise. Let's hope the otherwise is correct.

Meanwhile, the search for the missing Aurora boy is continuing in this area.

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