The sheriff's office said during the COVID-19 pandemic, the vast majority of service calls that deputies have been responding to involve domestic disputes and crisis intervention.
An Illinois man who suspected his girlfriend had contracted COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, shot and killed her and then himself, authorities said.At about 8 p.m. Thursday, deputies from the Will County Sheriff's Office went to a residence in Lockport Township, about 30 miles southwest of Chicago, to conduct a welfare check.
A loaded revolver, containing two spent shell casings and three live rounds, was found near Jesernik's body, the sheriff's office said. There were no signs of a struggle, and the home was neat and orderly. Family members later arrived on scene and told authorities that Jesernik had been scared that he and Schriefer had contracted COVID-19, and that Schriefer was tested two days earlier, the sheriff's office said. The family members said Schriefer had been having a hard time breathing and stated that to their knowledge, she had not received her test results.
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