Arlington Heights murder-suicide: Juan Medina kills Steven Weigensberg, turns gun on himself at Dana Point Condominiums, PD says
Days after a north suburban condo building became a deadly crime scene, residents still feel unsettled.
"Just really shocked. I mean, nobody could have ever imagined that happening," said resident Susanne Kilsdonk.
Kilsdonk is among many left with questions after police found two maintenance workers dead on Friday afternoon in a utility room at the Dana Point Condominiums on Friday afternoon. That building is located near Central and Busse Roads in Arlington Heights.
"I would never expect it," said resident Zain Saddle. "This is the last place where I'd think something like this would happen, you know?"
Authorities say Steven Weigensberg, of Naperville, who residents say was a maintenance supervisor, was shot multiple times in the upper body. His death was ruled a homicide .
His colleague, Juan Medina, of Palatine, was found dead from what the medical examiner says was a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Police have determined Medina shot Weigensberg before turning the gun on himself.
"Like why did it happen, you know? Everybody's just trying to figure out why somebody would go to such lengths to do something like this, you know?" Saddle said.
Olesia Murzych also lives in the building.
"I feel really, really sorry for both families, actually, because I don't think they will ever know the details of what happened and why that happened," Murzych said.
The 53-year-old Weigensberg was a married father of two school-age children.
His family, in a statement, wrote, "We strongly condemn the violence that has caused such irreplaceable loss and call upon our community to join in rejecting gun-violence in all its forms."
As for Medina, multiple residents told ABC7 that the 53-year-old worked at the building for decades and was friendly and well-liked.
"I knew Juan," Kilsdonk said. "And he never had any signs of, I mean, he was just so nice, and everybody here loved him."
Messages left for Medina's family as well as building management were not immediately returned.
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