Arlington Heights man fatally shoots wife with baby in her arms, authorities say

Tuesday, August 2, 2016
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (WLS) -- A man allegedly shot and killed his wife as she carried their 1-year-old into their home near northwest suburban Arlington Heights.

Cook County sheriff's deputies responded to a report of a shooting in a home in unincorporated Arlington Heights around 1:45 p.m. Sunday.
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Investigators said Divinia Salgado, 38, was shot by her husband, Jose Arturo Salgado-Roque, 42, as she walked into their house in the 10th block of 3rd Avenue.

Salgado-Roque was later found and arrested, the sheriff's office said. The infant and two other children were placed in the custody of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.
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Salgado-Roque was charged with first-degree murder and is due in Bond Court Tuesday in Rolling Meadows, Ill.
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