ORANGEVILLE, Ill. - Sunday's suspected murder-suicide remained the topic of conversation for people in Orangeville, Monday.
LaVerne Schindler, who lives a couple of houses away from Annette Scott and also near the home of William Scott, remembered Annette as a friendly person.
"She was very outgoing," Schindler said.
Annette J. Scott, 50, died Sunday night of multiple gun shot wounds following a double shooting at about 10:28 a.m. at 220 Hancock Drive, and William J. Scott, 58, died after an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, which took place at his residence later that evening, according to the Stephenson County Sheriff's Department.
A third victim, Rollin E. Dunham II, 52, Orangeville, was still hospitalized at Freeport Health Network Hospital, Monday.
Schindler is a volunteer firefighter. At about 10:30 a.m. Sunday his pager went off with a message for the fire department to secure an area for a helicopter to land for a shooting victim on Hancock Drive.
He was surprised when he heard the message, he said.
"I said 'That's my street,'" Schindler said.
When he went out of the house, he saw police officers with guns who told him to stay away.
Schindler said it was hard to believe something so tragic could happen in a town like Orangeville.
When he and other firefighters were allowed at the scene, they also tried to comfort the children inside the house. Three children, between the ages of about 8 and 10, witnessed the shooting, Stephenson County Sheriff David Snyders said.
That made a sad situation even worse, Schindler said.
Jon Lewis, who lives across the street from William Scott, was home when police arrived at Scott's house. For the next few hours, Lewis and his friends were told to stay in the basement and away from any windows.
Lewis pointed to a bullet hole in a window frame of Scott's house. Scott fired a shot at something in the house - Lewis thought it was a picture - and the bullet went through the window frame into the lawn of Lewis' residence.
Lewis, who moved into the house last fall, only slightly knew Scott. He mowed Scott's yard, he said.
He wondered what could have led Scott to allegedly kill his ex-wife, shoot another man and then kill himself.
It's a question many people in Orangeville are asking.
LaVerne Schindler, who lives a couple of houses away from Annette Scott and also near the home of William Scott, remembered Annette as a friendly person.
"She was very outgoing," Schindler said.
Annette J. Scott, 50, died Sunday night of multiple gun shot wounds following a double shooting at about 10:28 a.m. at 220 Hancock Drive, and William J. Scott, 58, died after an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, which took place at his residence later that evening, according to the Stephenson County Sheriff's Department.
A third victim, Rollin E. Dunham II, 52, Orangeville, was still hospitalized at Freeport Health Network Hospital, Monday.
Schindler is a volunteer firefighter. At about 10:30 a.m. Sunday his pager went off with a message for the fire department to secure an area for a helicopter to land for a shooting victim on Hancock Drive.
He was surprised when he heard the message, he said.
"I said 'That's my street,'" Schindler said.
When he went out of the house, he saw police officers with guns who told him to stay away.
Schindler said it was hard to believe something so tragic could happen in a town like Orangeville.
When he and other firefighters were allowed at the scene, they also tried to comfort the children inside the house. Three children, between the ages of about 8 and 10, witnessed the shooting, Stephenson County Sheriff David Snyders said.
That made a sad situation even worse, Schindler said.
Jon Lewis, who lives across the street from William Scott, was home when police arrived at Scott's house. For the next few hours, Lewis and his friends were told to stay in the basement and away from any windows.
Lewis pointed to a bullet hole in a window frame of Scott's house. Scott fired a shot at something in the house - Lewis thought it was a picture - and the bullet went through the window frame into the lawn of Lewis' residence.
Lewis, who moved into the house last fall, only slightly knew Scott. He mowed Scott's yard, he said.
He wondered what could have led Scott to allegedly kill his ex-wife, shoot another man and then kill himself.
It's a question many people in Orangeville are asking.