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Thursday 15 February 2018

Suspect in Chicago police death charged with murder 2 dead in possible
murder-suicide at
By DON BABWIN
CHICAGO (AP) — A man Arkansas factory
with a long criminal history
that includes a convic- NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark.
tion for armed robbery has (AP) — Two people died
been charged with first- early Wednesday in a sus-
degree murder in the fatal pected murder-suicide
shooting of a Chicago po- outside of a cosmetics fac-
lice commander, a police tory near Little Rock, police
spokesman said Wednes- said.
day. The shooting was reported
Department spokesman shortly after 3 a.m. in the
Anthony Guglielmi said parking lot of a plant that
Shomari Legghette, 44, makes cosmetics for the
was also charged with be- Maybelline and L'Oreal
ing a felon possession of a brands.
firearm and possession of North Little Rock police said
narcotics. Police said Leg- 19-year-old Chasity Denise
ghette was in downtown Cannady and 32-year-old
Chicago on Tuesday after- Jim Gilot were found shot
noon when tactical officers to death. Investigators be-
approached him because lieve that Gilot shot Can-
he was acting suspiciously. nady before shooting him-
After a brief scuffle, he ran self, police said in a news
away. release.
Cmdr. Paul Bauer, a 31- Chicago police officers arrive for a news conference at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, regard- Police said Cannady
year veteran of the police ing Cmdr. Paul Bauer, who was killed earlier in Chicago on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. worked at the plant and Gi-
(Nuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune via AP)
force, heard on his radio a lot had been an employee
description of the suspect, the charges were filed, said possession of a firearm with ing of business professionals there too, though officers
spotted a man match- Bauer was shot in the head a defaced serial number. he was worried that what are not yet sure whether
ing that description and more than once. Legghette was released he called lenient treatment he was still working there
chased a man police lat- Legghette has been ar- from prison in 2008 before of hardened criminals by at the time of his death.
er learned was carrying a rested repeatedly and, returning the next year af- the legal system was put- Police have not said how
semi-automatic weapon according to the Illinois De- ter being convicted again ting the public in danger. Cannady and Gilot may
with an extended clip and partment of Corrections, for possession of a firearm “Even when we catch have known each other or
wearing a bulletproof vest he has several felony con- with a defaced serial num- somebody, there’s still a indicated what may have
under a heavy jacket. victions on his record dat- ber. Shortly after he was long way to go to get them led to the shooting.
Police said the 53-year- ing back to the 1990s that placed on parole, he re- off the street,” Bauer said Maybelline is among sev-
old Bauer, who identified have landed him in prison. turned to prison after it was at the Nov. 14 gathering, eral brands in L'Oreal's
himself as a police officer, Most of them are drug-re- revoked when he tested according to a report in consumer products divi-
grabbed Legghette and lated, but his record also positive for drugs. the Loop North News. sion, along with L'Oreal
was holding him until other includes crimes that show a He returned to prison again “We’re not talking about Paris, Garnier and others.
officers could arrive when willingness to use a gun. in 2015 after he was con- the guy that stole a loaf L'Oreal USA offered no de-
he and suspect fought, According to the depart- victed for possession of a of bread from the store to tails about the shooting in
with both falling down a ment of corrections, he controlled substance. Leg- feed his family. We’re talk- a statement Wednesday.
stairwell before, according was sentenced to prison ghette, it turns out, is the ing about career robbers, "We are working closely
to police, Legghette shot in 1999 for armed robbery kind of person that Bauer burglars, drug dealers. with the authorities as they
him multiple times. A po- and after he was released, publicly worried about. Just These are all crimes against investigate this tragedy
lice official, who was not he was arrested again and a few months before his the community. They need that occurred on our prop-
authorized to speak before sentenced to prison for death, Bauer told a gather- to be off the street.”q erty early this morning," it
said. "We do not have fur-
Chemist charged dumping cyanide in storm drain ther information to share
at this point and remain
focused on supporting our
WARRINGTON, Pa. (AP) — A County in December. rington home about 30 water contamination, or employees." The factory is
chemist stole potassium cy- Reached at his home miles (48 kilometers) north any environmental or hu- near a major Interstate 40
anide from his workplace to on Wednesday morning, of Philadelphia, after learn- man health impacts re- interchange that connects
use as pest control at home O'Rourke said didn't want ing there was an investiga- lated to the dumping, de- travelers between Mem-
and poured it down a sub- to comment. A message tion. The state Department partment spokesman Neil phis, Tennessee, and Dal-
urban Philadelphia storm seeking comment from his of Environmental Protec- Shader said. Steele said a las. It makes products such
drain when he learned lawyer wasn't returned. tion began monitoring the heavy rainfall at the time as mascara, eye shadow
there was an investigation, A co-worker witnessed him water supply after deter- likely helped diffuse the and lip glosses under the
prosecutors said. pouring potassium cyanide mining there was a possible chemical. "It is concerning Maybelline and L’Oreal
Richard O'Rourke, 60, has into a beaker and then into threat to drinking water. that someone was able to brands, as well as high-end
been charged with risking a Nalgene water bottle on The department went into remove such a poisonous cosmetics for other luxury
a catastrophe, theft, re- Dec. 14, then leaving the "high alert" and increased chemical, but thankfully brands. Signs outside the
ceiving stolen property and building, according to a re- its monitoring at stormwater through an immediate and factory note that weapons
recklessly endangering oth- lease from District Attorney systems, retention basins, swift response by many aren’t allowed. “The carry-
ers. He's accused of taking Kevin Steele. That worker waterways and tributaries, people, nobody was hurt," ing of a handgun or other
about a cup of potassium informed authorities, and from Dec. 15 to Dec. 29. Steele said. A preliminary weapon is prohibited on
cyanide from the Merck & O'Rourke later dumped It was determined that hearing is scheduled for the premises,” a sign along
Co. facility in Montgomery the chemical near his War- there was no evidence of March 6. q Maybelline Road says. q