An Iowa man with an extensive criminal background is wanted in shootings Saturday night at a River North hotel that left one woman dead inside a room and another wounded in the lobby.
Officers responded about 8:15 p.m. to a call of a shooting and found a 29-year-old woman suffering from a gunshot wound to the neck at Level Chicago, 369 W. Grand Ave., according to the Chicago Police Department and an incident report.
The woman was rushed to Northwestern Memorial Hospital and listed in good condition, police said.
A hotel employee told police the suspect came to the front desk to get a spare key to his room, but was rebuffed because he didn’t have identification, the report says. The suspect then went to an SUV and returned to the lobby, where he shot and wounded one woman.
Before opening fire, the suspect provided his identification to hotel staff and it was photocopied, according to a law enforcement source.
The hotel employee who witnessed the shooting recalled ducking behind the front desk, hearing a single gunshot wound and seeing the suspect drive off in his SUV, the report says.
Two officers later entered a room on the 30th floor to ensure the suspect hadn’t returned, the report says. A 32-year-old woman was found suffering from gunshot wounds to her back and right shoulder and was taken to Northwestern, where she was pronounced dead.
The suspect — a 35-year-old man from Davenport, Iowa —remains at large, police said. Area Three detectives are investigating.
Public records show the suspect has a long history of arrests. Last month, he was charged with illegally possessing a gun as a felon in Rock Island County, about 170 miles southwest of Chicago. The case is ongoing, court records show.