Suspect in Buffalo Grove double homicide dies after self-inflicted gunshot wound
The Minnesota man suspected of killing a couple in the parking garage of their Buffalo Grove townhouse has died from self-inflicted wounds, Buffalo Grove police say.
Anatoliy Ermak died at 7:02 a.m. Monday at the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. He was taken there after he shot himself Friday following a standoff with police in Edina, a suburb of Minneapolis.
Ermak was wanted in the fatal shooting of his ex-wife Nataliya Ermak and her husband Roman Frid.
The couple was shot to death Nov. 17 in a parking garage at Buffalo Grove's Cambridge on the Lake condominium complex, where the couple lived.
Spokeswoman Officer Meghan Hansen said Buffalo Grove Police never had a chance to interview Ermak. She said no officers were sent to Minnesota to question him because his condition was so grave.
"He was never in a medical state which allowed us to do so," Hansen said.
Hansen said without interviewing Ermak investigators can't say with certainty what the man's motive may have been in the killings.
"We may never get the answer of why," Hansen said, noting that investigators would continue to do their due diligence.
Also unknown to Buffalo Grove Police at this time is what Ermak did between the double-homicide on Nov. 17 and the standoff on Nov. 22.
"At this point in time we don't have any of that information," Hansen said.
At 8 p.m. Friday, the Edina Police Department received a tip that a car matching one involved in the Buffalo Grove killings was seen near an apartment complex in the Minneapolis suburb.
Police rushed to the scene and located Ermak inside the vehicle. After a 90-minute standoff with officers, Ermak shot himself, police said.
Hansen said Ermak resided in Edina.
Elona Ermak, the daughter of Nataliya Ermak and Frid, has set up a GoFundMe page and is accepting donations to cover funeral expenses.