911 Called Before 5 Killed in Ill. Store

[February 19, 2008]  TINLEY PARK (AP) -- A 911 call placed from inside a suburban Chicago Lane Bryant store where five women were bound and fatally shot reveals a final, desperate plea for help.

Store manager Rhoda McFarland called 911 from her cell phone just moments before being killed by a gunman who remains at large.

She whispers the name of the store, its location in Tinley Park and tells the dispatcher to hurry.

Tinley Park police say they've received more than 600 tips.

Authorities have searched waterways, interstate highways and placed signs along roadways with a composite sketch of the gunman.

Suburban Chicago church leaders gathered Monday to ask for information about the gunman.

[Associated Press]

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