Overview
- Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner say two custodians were found shot inside Mark Twain Elementary and taken to a hospital where they later died.
- Officials identified the victims as 63-year-old Theottis James Stigger and 48-year-old Amalia Bautista-Perez and ruled Stigger’s death a suicide and Bautista-Perez’s a homicide.
- Police reported a weapon was recovered and detectives are reviewing a police report and surveillance footage that local outlets say show the male custodian walking up behind the woman and shooting her.
- No students were in the building when the shooting occurred because classes are on summer break and the school has been closed temporarily while crisis support is offered to staff and families.
- The investigation is being led by Area One detectives and the incident has heightened local concerns about workplace violence and school safety as the new term approaches.