A fatal shooting inside the hotel at 10 Drury Lane happened just after 8:30 p.m. Saturday, cutting short what was meant to be Deanna's 18th birthday celebration.
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"I went to get the girls some dinner, dropped it off in their room, went to my room, started eating. All of a sudden, I hear shouting in the hall," said Tamara Raczkiewycz, Deanna's mother. "I see that it's out towards the balcony. I go look. I see shots. I hear yelling. I see people running. First thing I do is run back towards their room and tell them lock the door. 'Do not open the door till it's me.'"
The hotel was swarmed by police, who were searching for the shooter. The experience was made all the worse, because during that entire time, guests said, hotel management remained completely silent.
"I'm so scared. My stomach is in knots. That's not something you want to hear. Like, I'm celebrating my 18th birthday with my friends. I'm having fun. It was so crazy," Deanna said.
Their only news came from friends on the outside.
"We could see everything. The shooting happened on the seventh floor. We were on the eighth floor," Tamara said. "I see policemen armed with their rifles, up and down the halls. Didn't say anything to any of the guests."
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On Sunday afternoon, the DuPage County coroner confirmed the victim of Saturday night's shooting was 33-year-old Calvin Truitt III, though it is unclear where he is from. Police said only that an extensive search of the hotel led to one person being placed in custody, but no charges or circumstances behind the shooting have been released.
"I asked them why we got no notification. They told me the police told them not to say anything to the guests," Tamara said. "I'm a Chicago public school teacher. It upsets me even more that there was nothing in place here, because as a teacher, I have protocols in place."
The hotel lockdown was lifted early Sunday morning. But, as of now, the hotel has not responded to ABC7's requests for information.