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Residents of a condo building in Arlington Heights, Illinois, remain on edge following a tragic incident that transformed their home into the backdrop of a fatal crime. The unsettling events have left the community grappling with shock and disbelief.
“It’s just truly shocking. None of us could have ever anticipated something like this,” expressed Susanne Kilsdonk, a resident of the building.
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Authorities discovered the bodies of two maintenance workers in a utility room at the Dana Point Condominiums last Friday afternoon. The complex is situated near Central and Busse Roads in the north suburban area.
Zain Saddle, another resident, shared his surprise at the unfolding events. “I would never expect it,” he said. “This is the last place where I’d think something like this would happen, you know?”
Investigators have revealed that Steven Weigensberg, a maintenance supervisor from Naperville, suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the upper body. His death has been officially classified as a homicide, deepening the community’s concern and raising many questions.
His colleague, Juan Medina, of Palatine, was found dead from what the medical examiner says was a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Police have determined Medina shot Weigensberg before turning the gun on himself.
“Like why did it happen, you know? Everybody’s just trying to figure out why somebody would go to such lengths to do something like this, you know?” Saddle said.
Olesia Murzych also lives in the building.
“I feel really, really sorry for both families, actually, because I don’t think they will ever know the details of what happened and why that happened,” Murzych said.
The 53-year-old Weigensberg was a married father of two school-age children.
His family, in a statement, wrote, “We strongly condemn the violence that has caused such irreplaceable loss and call upon our community to join in rejecting gun-violence in all its forms.”
As for Medina, multiple residents told ABC7 that the 53-year-old worked at the building for decades and was friendly and well-liked.
“I knew Juan,” Kilsdonk said. “And he never had any signs of, I mean, he was just so nice, and everybody here loved him.”
Messages left for Medina’s family as well as building management were not immediately returned.
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