Police still searching for motive in Mundelein mass shooting
Nearly a month after an Antioch man fatally shot three family members, his girlfriend and himself at his parents’ Mundelein home, police continue searching for a motive.
Detectives are still reviewing evidence in the Oct. 18 murders and suicide, Mundelein Police Chief Tom Poynor said Thursday. That includes analysis of multiple electronic devices by the Cyber Crimes Division of the Lake County state’s attorney’s office, he said.
Antioch resident Bryan Schmidt, 51, murdered his parents, son and girlfriend in the one-story house on Wellington Avenue before killing himself, police have said. The victims were identified as James Schmidt, 80; Rebecca Schmidt, 77; Maclaine Schmidt, 22, of Lake Bluff; and Nicole A. Heiser, 37, of Antioch.
Suicide notes and two handguns were recovered, police have said.
Mundelein police had no history of emergency calls at the Schmidt home nor recorded encounters of any kind with Bryan Schmidt.
A celebration of Maclaine Schmidt’s life occurred Monday at Follia, the Lake Forest restaurant at which he worked as a line cook.
“The amount of love and support we have received has truly been a blessing,” Maclaine Schmidt’s stepfather, Anthony Nunnery, said in a Facebook post. “We will forever miss this young man and we hope he has found peace in the stars above.”
More than $28,000 has been raised for Maclaine Schmidt’s family through an online campaign at gofundme.com/f/Maclaine-Schmidt.
More than $31,000 has been raised for Heiser’s family via gofundme.com/f/honoring-nicole-heisers-life-and-love.
Anyone with information about the killings can call Mundelein police at (847) 968-4600.
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