Buffalo Grove police are searching for a gunman after a husband and wife were shot to death Sunday in what police are calling a "targeted" attack in the parking garage of the condominium where they lived, police in the Chicago suburb said Monday.
At a news conference Monday, police Chief Steven Casstevens said that the 69-year-old man and his 64-year-old wife were seen on at least one video surveillance camera entering a garage of the complex in the 100 block of Lake Boulevard.
Casstevens said the video captured the couple getting out of their vehicle when an unidentified man approached them. The couple and the man appeared to have "a brief conversation" before the man shot the husband and wife.
The chief said he would "not speculate" as to how many shots were fired. Police called the shooting a "targeted" incident, although no details of a motive or any relationship between the couple and the gunman were disclosed.
Police said the time stamp on the camera put the shooting at around 8:15 p.m. Sunday, but Casstevens said authorities were working to determine the accuracy of that.
Officers in the northwest suburb were called to scene about 11:30 p.m. Sunday, Buffalo Grove deputy police Chief Michael Szos said earlier Monday before the news conference. A resident noticed the two people unresponsive "near a vehicle with blood on the ground."
The man was pronounced dead at 11:55 p.m. and the woman was pronounced dead two minutes later, according to authorities.
The gunman remained at large as of late Monday morning. Casstevens gave a description of him at the news conference � and one was provided in a police news release about the incident.
"We are confident we will be able to identify the suspect" because of the quality of the video, Casstevens said.
The shooter was described as a white man, possibly in his 60s, with gray hair, wearing dark clothing, a dark jacket and dark baseball-style hat, according to police.
Because the victims' family had not yet been notified, Casstevens said police were not yet publicly released the surveillance video.
"We haven't notified the families yet, and I would hate for them to see it [the video] before we notify them," Cassstevens said.
Buffalo Grove police are investigating the shooting with help from the Lake County Major Crime Task Force, officials said. A dive team from the task force was at the scene Monday set to do a sonar search of a lake on the property. It was not clear if there was anything in particular authorities were to search for, such as a weapon.
"We're covering all bases" as part of the investigation, Casstevens said.
