Police said they found a woman unresponsive in a residence in an apartment building in the 1000-block of West Bryn Mawr with a gunshot wound to the head Monday afternoon.
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She was pronounced dead at the scene. The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office identified her as 23-year-old Brittany Nicole Kinlow.
Kinlow's aunt said she was a music major at UIC and was just days away from her May 9 graduation. The school confirmed she was a student in the UIC School of Theatre and Music and was set to graduate with a bachelor's degree in music business from the UIC College of Architecture, Design and the Arts.
"Our hearts are torn to pieces," her aunt said in a social media post.
On Tuesday, a man was found unresponsive inside the same apartment building. The Cook County Medical Examiner identified him as 26-year-old Jovan Cabrera and ruled his death a suicide.
Chicago police have yet to say if the two shootings are linked in some way or the result of a murder-suicide. It is unclear if the victims knew one another or if they had any type of relationship.
Residents of the building are shocked by the deaths.
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The deaths have some questioning the safety of the neighborhood.
"I'm concerned about my safety, but like I said, no one is running up in my face or threatening me like that," William Bennett, resident, said. "You just gotta be careful with the people you associate with."
Police are conducting a death investigation into the man's death and a homicide investigation into Kinlow's death. Area Three Detectives are still investigating if the two incidents are related.