On January 21, 2024, four members of a Tinley Park family were fatally shot inside their home in the 7400 block of West 173rd Place. Victims were 24-year-old Hanan Kassem, her mother Majeda Kassem, 53, and sisters Halema Kassem and Zahia Kassem, both 25. A 19-year-old brother witnessed the earlier argument and heard the gunshots; he saw their father, 63-year-old Maher Kassem, shoot at least two of the victims.

Maher Kassem called 911, admitted to officers that four people were shot and that he would go to jail, and led police to a .38 caliber revolver with four spent shells and a 9mm handgun with an empty magazine. He was arrested and charged with four counts of first-degree murder and had expressed feeling mistreated by his family.

Hanan was completing studies in speech pathology and was remembered as gentle and supportive by classmates and friends. Funeral services and a prayer service were held at the Mosque Foundation in Bridgeview; an online fundraiser was started in the victims’ honor. Does anyone have information about the family or the events that morning that could help clarify what led to the shootings?