On day she got protective order, hospital shooter's ex-wife reported home 'destroyed.' Chicago cops never questioned him
CHICAGO - Four years before Juan Lopez gunned down three people at Chicago's Mercy Hospital, his then-wife called 911 and made a startling allegation: The very day she'd gotten an order of protection against Lopez, he came into her home and "destroyed everything."
The woman later told officers that an intruder had damaged or taken thousands of dollars in possessions and appeared to have used a key to enter her home. Still, a detective never questioned Lopez or pursued him as a suspect before cutting off the investigation, police reports show.
The previously unrevealed documents, obtained by the Chicago Tribune through open records requests, raise questions as to how thoroughly Chicago police investigated the case. Advocates for abused women said they were troubled by the failure to consider Lopez a suspect.
"Why did this investigation stop right here when it was so obvious who was actually responsible for this crime?" said Danielle Parisi Ruffatto, an attorney with the Chicago-based Domestic Violence Legal Clinic. "This is just baffling to me."
Chicago police spokesman Luis Agostini said in an email that "speaking with her ex-husband about this case wouldn't necessarily be a step in
