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76-Year-Old Father-in-Law Charged in Fatal Schaumburg Hotel Wedding Shooting

He is scheduled for a detention hearing Monday following a first-degree murder charge over a wedding shooting tied to divorce paperwork.

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Overview

  • Prosecutors filed a first-degree murder charge against 76-year-old Roland Schmidt on Sunday.
  • Schmidt will appear Monday in Rolling Meadows Court for a detention hearing.
  • Police say Schmidt followed his 45-year-old daughter-in-law, Christine Moyer, outside a wedding at the Schaumburg Marriott and shot her in the head.
  • A wedding guest subdued Schmidt at the scene and police recovered the firearm used in the Friday night shooting.
  • Authorities emphasize the shooting was an isolated domestic dispute and say there is no ongoing danger to the community.