Med examiner confirms pair died in murder-suicide

Chicago police are seen outside an Old Navy clothing store in the heart of Chicago’s Loop retail corridor on Friday after an apparent murder-suicide shooting inside the store left a man and woman dead. The victims were found in an employee-only area in th

The Cook County medical examiner’s office confirmed that a Chicago couple who were shot at a downtown Old Navy store died in a murder-suicide.

Autopsy reports say 22-year-old Tranesha Palms died of multiple gunshot wounds. Her cause of death is listed as homicide.

The cause of death for her 27-year-old live-in boyfriend, Eugene Robertson, is listed as suicide. He died of a gunshot wound to the head.

Palms worked at the Old Navy downtown on bustling State Street.

The couple’s bodies were found in an employee-only area of the store’s basement on Friday morning. No other injuries were reported.

Company officials say counseling was offered to employees.

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