BLOOMINGDALE, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago mayor has temporarily suspended a hotel’s business license after a deadly mass shooting there last weekend.
The action by Bloomingdale Mayor Franco Coladipietro means the Indian Lakes Hotel must cease operations for 10 days while the west suburban village considers other action, WLS-TV reported.
One person was killed and six others were wounded after gunfire broke out at a party in the hotel.
Police were called to the hotel around 2:30 a.m. Saturday.
“People are running around, yelling, gunshot victims on the ground,” said Frank Giammarese, Bloomingdale’s director of public safety.
Police say the shooting occurred after a party in which two groups rented a few rooms, then invited nearly 200 people.
Detectives believe the group was there to film a rap video.
“Two different groups and that is how this all kicked off - a verbal altercation got physical - then shots were fired,” Giammarese said.
The man who was killed was identified as James McGill, 27, of Chicago.
Police said there was no security at the hotel at the time of the shooting, just a single employee who heard the gunshots and called 911.
The hotel’s management said its thoughts are with those affected by the shooting.
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