Weddings are usually joyous events, but in Illinois, a man shot and killed his daughter-in-law because he was angry that she was going to divorce his son, according to police.
According to a news release from the agency, officers from the Chicago suburb of Schaumburg arrived at the Marriott on North Martingale Road at approximately 10:15 p.m. on Friday and found a victim of gunshot wounds in the parking lot. According to police, she had been shot in the head. She was taken by paramedics to the hospital, where she passed away.
Officers discovered that Roland Schmidt, 76, had been apprehended by a civilian, who also retrieved the firearm. Investigators discovered that Schmidt and his 45-year-old daughter-in-law, Christine Moyer of Ohio, were attending a wedding at the hotel. Police claim Schmidt followed Moyer outside and shot her in the head as she was leaving the gathering.
“Through the investigation, it was discovered Schmidt was upset with Moyer over divorce paperwork which was filed against his son,” according to police.
According to police, Schmidt, who lives in Stillman Valley, some 13 miles southwest of Rockford, is now charged with first-degree murder. He was taken to the Cook County Jail by police. On Monday, he will appear before a court.
When the incident happened, Flory Sommers and her friends had just entered the hotel.
“I was inside by the ATM and I heard some people calling ‘gunshot!’ and then the manager said ‘was there a gunshot,’ and he said he was calling the ambulance, and then I just saw people move quickly to the elevator to the lobby,”
