May 13--A suspect in a triple homicide who later barricaded himself for about 11 hours Thursday died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and his death was ruled a suicide, according to an autopsy.
Kevin Robinson, 31, was pronounced dead at his home on the 10300 block of South Union Avenue at 3:12 p.m. Thursday, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
The autopsy determined he died of a single gunshot wound to his head in a suicide.
Police believe Robinson fatally shot his girlfriend, Makeesha Starks, 26, her stepfather, Jerome Wright, 50, and another relative, Kiara Kinard, 26, in their home in the 1500 block of West 71st Street about 11:20 p.m. Wednesday.
He fled to the home in the 10300 block of South Union Avenue. Speaking to reporters outside the home after the standoff ended, police Superintendent Eddie Johnson told reporters Robinson was a felon who was convicted of attempted murder, armed robbery and aggravated battery.
He walked into the house 71st Street and put a gun to his head, threatening to kill himself, police said. The girlfriend's mother, stepfather and another woman were in the house, and Robinson asked them about his girlfriend, who was in the basement with several children, police said.
Hours later, SWAT teams surrounded the home in the 10300 block of South Union, police said.
Robinson's family said they do not believe that he died of a suicide and said he was shot by police.
