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| Police in the US city of Chicago are still searching for a man who shot dead five women in a shopping centre during an apparent botched robbery. | |
| The gunman killed the women, including at least one employee, in the back of a clothes shop in Tinley Park, Illinois. | The gunman killed the women, including at least one employee, in the back of a clothes shop in Tinley Park, Illinois. |
| Police, with guns drawn, combed stores in the Brookside Marketplace looking for a suspect, but he escaped. | Police, with guns drawn, combed stores in the Brookside Marketplace looking for a suspect, but he escaped. |
| A helicopter equipped with infrared sensors also scoured the area but failed to find the fugitive. | A helicopter equipped with infrared sensors also scoured the area but failed to find the fugitive. |
| Police Sergeant T J Grady said officers discovered the victims at the back of a Lane Bryant clothing store shortly after receiving an emergency call on Saturday morning. | Police Sergeant T J Grady said officers discovered the victims at the back of a Lane Bryant clothing store shortly after receiving an emergency call on Saturday morning. |
| She is the most wonderful person, and that maniac took a piece of all of us Relative of victim | She is the most wonderful person, and that maniac took a piece of all of us Relative of victim |
| "The motive in this case was robbery and at some point things went rather poorly," Sgt Grady told reporters. | "The motive in this case was robbery and at some point things went rather poorly," Sgt Grady told reporters. |
| "Every store was immediately canvassed and a search by air, too, has given us every indication that the offender has left the scene," he added. | "Every store was immediately canvassed and a search by air, too, has given us every indication that the offender has left the scene," he added. |
| He said they were hunting a man - described as black, stocky and about 5ft 9in (1.75m) - who an onlooker reported seeing leaving the shop. | He said they were hunting a man - described as black, stocky and about 5ft 9in (1.75m) - who an onlooker reported seeing leaving the shop. |
| The store did not have its own security camera but investigators were said to be checking CCTV footage from surrounding shops and buildings. | The store did not have its own security camera but investigators were said to be checking CCTV footage from surrounding shops and buildings. |
| The Lane Bryant shop was open at the time of the shootings and the victims ranged in age from aged 22 to 37, police added. | The Lane Bryant shop was open at the time of the shootings and the victims ranged in age from aged 22 to 37, police added. |
| A relative of Carrie Hudek Chiuso, 33, of Frankfort, Indiana, told the Chicago Tribune she was one of those killed. | A relative of Carrie Hudek Chiuso, 33, of Frankfort, Indiana, told the Chicago Tribune she was one of those killed. |
| "She is the most wonderful person, and that maniac took a piece of all of us," her sister-in-law, Jennifer Hudek, told the newspaper. | "She is the most wonderful person, and that maniac took a piece of all of us," her sister-in-law, Jennifer Hudek, told the newspaper. |
| All the victims were said to be residents of the suburban Chicago area, apart from one woman who was from South Bend, Indiana. | All the victims were said to be residents of the suburban Chicago area, apart from one woman who was from South Bend, Indiana. |