A 76-year-old man has been charged with shooting and killing his 45-year-old daughter-in-law during a wedding party at a Schaumburg, Illinois hotel.
According to Schaumburg police, Roland Schmidt was upset with the victim, Christine Moyer, as she was filing divorce paperwork against his son. Schmidt and Moyer were both attending a wedding at the hotel, police said.
Schaumburg police said they responded to the Marriott Hotel at 50 N. Martingale Rd. following reports of a person shot at around 10.15 p.m. on Friday. The shooting took place near the entrance of the hotel.
Police said Moyer was leaving the wedding when Schmidt followed her outside, approached her, and shot her in the head in the parking lot of the hotel.
Moyer, of Galena, Ohio, suffered a single gunshot wound and was taken to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, where she was pronounced dead, police said.
Schmidt, of Stillman Valley, Illinois, was subdued by a person on the scene and turned over to police custody, Schaumburg police said. He was arrested, and a gun was recovered.
During the investigation, Schaumburg police said detectives learned that Schmidt resented Moyer for the divorce paperwork against her husband, his son. Schmidt was charged with first-degree murder, and will appear for a detention hearing on Monday in Rolling Meadows Court.
