Mount Prospect police release details of shooting inside condo garage

A Wisconsin man had a previous relationship with the Mount Prospect woman he shot multiple times Monday before fatally shooting himself, police said.

The 63-year-old woman, who suffered multiple gunshot wounds, was taken to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, where she spoke to Mount Prospect police detectives.

Michael Work, 53, died after being taken to the same hospital.

Police said officers responded to a 911 call reporting a shooting in the garage of a condominium building in the 1200 block of West Northwest Highway at 4:47 p.m.

Officers were able to gain entry to the building and garage, where they found the woman conscious and Work unconscious.

No other people were involved or injured, police said.

Police said the initial investigation revealed the woman arrived at the condo building at approximately 4:45 p.m. and pulled her car into the secured garage.

While the garage door was still open, police said, Work drove his vehicle into the garage, following behind the woman’s vehicle.

As the woman attempted to park, Work drove toward her vehicle and struck the driver’s side, police said. Work then left his vehicle and began shooting at the woman’s vehicle multiple times. Work then shot himself.

Detectives learned that Work and the woman had been in a dating relationship that ended within the past few months.