Inspection Detail

Inspection: 315607150 - University Of Il At Chicago - Medical Center

Inspection Information - Office: Illinois Public Sector 0551701

Investigation Summary

At approximately 11:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 24, 2011, Employee #1 had just completed her shift and clocked out in the Building Services Offices at the University of Illinois Medical Center. Employee #1 proceeded from the basement of the medical center and up the elevator to the third floor. Employee #1 then apparently headed to an enclosed bridge that connected the medical center to the Outpatient Clinic, which provided direct access to the parking structure where Employee #1 parked her car. As Employee #1 was exiting the Outpatient Clinic, she was shot by her estranged husband, who was her coworker and had also just completed his shift with the Building Services Department. Employee #1 was accompanied by two coworkers, and one of them was her present fiance. After the estranged husband shot Employee #1, he chased her fiance up the garage stairwell, but the fiance was able to elude him. The Chicago Police Department was called in to perform a room by room search of the hospital and two adjoining buildings. A University of Illinois Campus Police Officer recognized Employee #1's estranged husband during a routine traffic stop a few hours later and arrested him after a brief chase. The Cook County Medical Examiner pronounced Employee #1 dead at 1:40 a.m. on November 25, 2011, and her body was transported to the Coroner's Office.

Keywords: JANITOR, GUNSHOT, WORKPLACE VIOLENCE