Domestic Shootings Leave Two Dead in Northern Illinois

SOUTH BELOIT, Ill. (AP)-- Authorities say a northern Illinois man fatally shot a relative before turning the gun on himself in a town about 90 miles northwest of Chicago.

South Beloit police say the shootings, which occurred at about 12:15 a.m. Sunday, claimed the lives of a man in his 30's and a 64-year-old man. Their names weren't immediately released.

Police responding to the scene said the younger man left a home and walked into a nearby wooded area with a gun pointed at his head.

He discharged two shots, then came out of the woods and shot himself in the head.

The older man was found dead in a tent with two young children. The children were not harmed.

The relationship between the two men wasn't immediately clear.

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