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Police: Dad shot intruder outside daughter’s room
By Virginia Groark
Tribune staff reporter
Published June 6, 2003, 1:47 PM CDT
Franklin Park police and the Cook County state's attorney's office are to meet this afternoon to decide if charges should be brought against a village resident who fatally shot and killed a neighbor who broke into his home Thursday night, authorities said.
Police also are trying to determine if the resident had a firearm owner's identification card for the .45-caliber semi-automatic weapon he allegedly fired, fatally wounding Steven Langendorf, 24, of the 3000 block of North Gustav Street in the western suburb.
Around 10 p.m., the man, his wife and their 13-year-old daughter heard a noise outside their home on the 3000 block of North Calwagner Avenue, Franklin Park Police Chief Randall Petersen said.
Shortly afterward, Langendorf forced his way through a window in the daughter's bedroom, where she had been finishing her homework, Petersen said. While his wife called 911, the homeowner grabbed his gun and confronted Langendorf in a hallway outside the teenager's bedroom.
The resident fired two warning shots, and when Langendorf continued to approach, he shot him in the neck, Petersen said. No one else was injured in the incident.
Police arrived at the home and found Langendorf lying on the hallway floor. He was taken to Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, Melrose Park, where he was pronounced dead at 10:25 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Langendorf's home is located diagonally and across the alley from the one he allegedly invaded. Petersen said he did not think the two families were friends but added, "They must have known each other at least by sight."
Petersen said Langendorf did not have an arrest record.
"There's nothing," the chief said. "It doesn't fit."
A family friend said Langendorf went to a local high school and college and worked for a rental car company. He was engaged to be married.
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By Virginia Groark
Tribune staff reporter
Published June 6, 2003, 1:47 PM CDT
Franklin Park police and the Cook County state's attorney's office are to meet this afternoon to decide if charges should be brought against a village resident who fatally shot and killed a neighbor who broke into his home Thursday night, authorities said.
Police also are trying to determine if the resident had a firearm owner's identification card for the .45-caliber semi-automatic weapon he allegedly fired, fatally wounding Steven Langendorf, 24, of the 3000 block of North Gustav Street in the western suburb.
Around 10 p.m., the man, his wife and their 13-year-old daughter heard a noise outside their home on the 3000 block of North Calwagner Avenue, Franklin Park Police Chief Randall Petersen said.
Shortly afterward, Langendorf forced his way through a window in the daughter's bedroom, where she had been finishing her homework, Petersen said. While his wife called 911, the homeowner grabbed his gun and confronted Langendorf in a hallway outside the teenager's bedroom.
The resident fired two warning shots, and when Langendorf continued to approach, he shot him in the neck, Petersen said. No one else was injured in the incident.
Police arrived at the home and found Langendorf lying on the hallway floor. He was taken to Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, Melrose Park, where he was pronounced dead at 10:25 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Langendorf's home is located diagonally and across the alley from the one he allegedly invaded. Petersen said he did not think the two families were friends but added, "They must have known each other at least by sight."
Petersen said Langendorf did not have an arrest record.
"There's nothing," the chief said. "It doesn't fit."
A family friend said Langendorf went to a local high school and college and worked for a rental car company. He was engaged to be married.
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