Assistant principal and her mom gunned down outside school by husband in horrific murder-suicide
By Anthony Blair
An assistant principal and her mom were gunned down outside of her suburban Chicago middle school by her husband, who then turned the gun on himself after shooting at cops.
Nerissa Lee, 46, and her 76-year-old mother were killed at the end of the school day Tuesday while sitting in a car outside Lincoln Middle School in Berwyn, a few miles from Chicago, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
Lee’s husband, Steven T. Lee, pulled up beside them and shot them with a rifle, cops said.
Photo of Nerissa Lee, assistant principal of Lincoln Middle School.
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Nerissa Lee and her 76-year-old mother were killed by her deranged husband outside of the school she worked at before he turned the gun on himself.
Lincoln Middle School
The deranged husband then fired at responding police officers before shooting himself in the head, police said.
One horrified witness reported hearing almost two dozen gunshots.
“It was really like 20 times … very noisy, so they made me come to the front. When I came over here, I see by the corner — right there — police,” Maria Meriz, who lives next to the school, told NBC 5.
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Lee’s sister said that Tuesday’s horrific incident “didn’t come out of the blue,” and that the married couple’s relationship had deteriorated since “the tail end of June.”
“And basically the boiling point would have been [Tuesday],” Shana Everage told NBC 5.
“It’s a horrible thing… I have a lot of emotions. I don’t quite know what to feel,” Everage said.
The murder-suicide has shocked the suburban town of Berwyn, which last year was ranked as the 33rd safest mid-size city in America in a study by national security review platform Safewise.
Aerial view of a shooting scene outside a school.
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Steven T. Lee fired shots at police officers before shooting himself in the head, authorities said.
NBC 5 Chicago
Shana Everage, sister of a murdered assistant principal, being interviewed.
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The horrific incident “didn’t come out of the blue,” Nerissa Lee sister said, adding that the couple’s relationship had “deteriorated.”
NBC 5 Chicago
Aerial view of a crime scene showing a car with its trunk open and scattered items on the ground.
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Lee “touched the lives of countless students and staff members.”
NBC 5 Chicago
“It is with great sadness that I announce to you that Nerissa Lee, Assistant Principal at Lincoln Middle School, lost her life in [Tuesday’s] tragic shooting that occurred outside of Lincoln,” the local school district said in a statement signed by Superintendent Dr. Michelle Smith.
“The impact of this loss is deeply felt not only within the school community but throughout Berwyn. Assistant Principal Lee was a dedicated educator and leader who touched the lives of countless students and staff members,” Berwyn Police Department said in a statement on Wednesday.
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