Possible suspect arrested in Tinley Park (Lane Bryant) shootings

[flashl]

Source: Chicago Sun Times

Possible suspect arrested in Tinley Park shootings

LANE BRYANT MURDERS | Police identify possible suspect in killing of 5 women at Tinley Park store

A possible suspect was arrested early today in connection with the murders of five women in a Tinley Park clothing store, according to a spokesman for the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force.

The man was picked up by members of the task force after authorities reviewed a photo of him and noticed a resemblance to a sketch of the gunman who opened fire in a Lane Bryant store Feb. 2, killing five women and wounding a sixth. The man was already being sought for a parole violation, said the spokesman.

The man was arrested in the basement of a home on the Northwest Side around 12:30 a.m.. The feds turned him over to the South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force, which is investigating the shootings.

The man’s arrest — on a parole violation — came hours after a source told the Sun-Times News Group that investigators had identified a possible suspect and wanted him for questioning. “The tip looks promising,” the source said.

Chicago Sun Times

Read more: http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/791050,CST-NWS-shoot13.article

[alcibiades_mystery]

1. What is this "possible suspect" bullshit

Someone is either suspect or not.

How the fuck can somebody be a "possible suspect?"

[krispos42]

2. How about "possible perpetrator"?

That might just be a better phrase!

[alcibiades_mystery]

3. That makes sense

Somebody can be a "possible perpetrator." Somebody cannot be a "possible suspect," since as soon as one is a "possible suspect," one is - by definition - a suspect.

[Ellen Forradalom]

4. Lousy copy editing, I'm sure

Peeepl no reed an rite inglish like they useto.

I read this photo caption in another major daily: "Couples line up in San Francisco for gay marriage licenses." "Damn!" I thought. "I was only offered a straight license when I got married! I want my money back!" Note to copy editor: they were gay couples applying for marriage licenses.

[Fredda Weinberg]

5. When you've already got reason to hold ... a parole violation,

the authorities can take their time. If they have to, they'll file charges ... but appearances can and have been deceiving.

[High Plains]

6. Why are the feds involved in an Illinois murder?

The US Marshals Fugitive Task Force?

This is a state crime, chargable under state--not federal--law. It doesn't involve bank robbery or kidnapping (or does it? does the fact that he corralled his victims make it kidnapping? and if so, does that mean it's kidnapping any time someone points a gun at someone else?).

[LisaL]

7. Kidnapping.

"Under federal and state law, kidnapping is commonly defined as the taking of a person from one place to another against his or her will, or the confining of a person to a controlled space."

http://criminal.findlaw.com/crimes/a-z/kidnapping.html
So, since victims were bound and taken to the rear of the store, I would say that fits the definition of kidnapping.