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(Oct. 24) -- The publicist for Jennifer Hudson has confirmed to PEOPLE that the singer's mother and brother are dead after a fatal shooting in Chicago.
"We can confirm that there is an ongoing investigation concerning the deaths of Jennifer Hudson's mother, Darnell Donerson, and her brother, Jason Hudson," rep Lisa Kasteler tells PEOPLE. "No further comment will be made and the family has asked that their privacy be respected at this difficult time."
TMZ first reported that law enforcement sources and neighbors said that Hudson's mother and brother were the victims of a double shooting.
Jennifer Hudson's cousin discovered the bodies at 2:44 PM Friday. The home was declared a crime scene when the police arrived to investigate. "We are handling a double-homicide," says police spokesman John Mirabelli says. "Those [two] victims sustained fatal gunshot wounds."
Authorities issued an Amber Alert for 7-year-old Julian King and were seeking a 1994 white Chevrolet Suburban. The child was the grandson of the female victim, Deputy Chief Joseph Patterson Patterson said, and Bond added the boy could also be a relative of Hudson, possibly a nephew.
The alert said the child was possibly abducted, and accompanied by a man — considered armed and dangerous — who was a suspect in the double homicide investigation. The two could also be in a teal or green Chrysler Concord with a temporary license plate, a left front headlight hanging out and scratches on the left side of the vehicle, police said.
Hudson is reportedly en route to Chicago after receiving the news.
The tragedy comes as Hudson continues to reach new heights in her career. Her song "Spotlight" is No. 1 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop charts and her recently released, self-tiled album debut and has been a top seller. She is also starring in hit movie "The Secret Life of Bees" and won an Academy Award for best supporting actress in 2007 for her role in "Dreamgirls."
In an interview last year with Vogue, Hudson credited her mother to audition for "American Idol," which launched her career.
The singer, whose father died when she was a teenager, described herself as very close to her family. In a recent AP interview she said her family, which includes older siblings Julia and Jason, helped keep her grounded.
"My faith in God and my family, they're very realistic and very normal, they're not into the whole limelight kind of thing, so when I go home to Chicago that's just another place that's home," she said. "I stand in line with everybody else, or, when I go home to my mom I'm just Jennifer, (so she says), 'You get up and you take care of your own stuff.' And I love that; I don't like when people tell you everything you want to hear, I want to hear the truth, you know what I mean."
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2008-10-24 18:28:23
This is horrible and tragic. T&P to Ms.Hudson
"We can confirm that there is an ongoing investigation concerning the deaths of Jennifer Hudson's mother, Darnell Donerson, and her brother, Jason Hudson," rep Lisa Kasteler tells PEOPLE. "No further comment will be made and the family has asked that their privacy be respected at this difficult time."
TMZ first reported that law enforcement sources and neighbors said that Hudson's mother and brother were the victims of a double shooting.
Jennifer Hudson's cousin discovered the bodies at 2:44 PM Friday. The home was declared a crime scene when the police arrived to investigate. "We are handling a double-homicide," says police spokesman John Mirabelli says. "Those [two] victims sustained fatal gunshot wounds."
Authorities issued an Amber Alert for 7-year-old Julian King and were seeking a 1994 white Chevrolet Suburban. The child was the grandson of the female victim, Deputy Chief Joseph Patterson Patterson said, and Bond added the boy could also be a relative of Hudson, possibly a nephew.
The alert said the child was possibly abducted, and accompanied by a man — considered armed and dangerous — who was a suspect in the double homicide investigation. The two could also be in a teal or green Chrysler Concord with a temporary license plate, a left front headlight hanging out and scratches on the left side of the vehicle, police said.
Hudson is reportedly en route to Chicago after receiving the news.
The tragedy comes as Hudson continues to reach new heights in her career. Her song "Spotlight" is No. 1 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop charts and her recently released, self-tiled album debut and has been a top seller. She is also starring in hit movie "The Secret Life of Bees" and won an Academy Award for best supporting actress in 2007 for her role in "Dreamgirls."
In an interview last year with Vogue, Hudson credited her mother to audition for "American Idol," which launched her career.
The singer, whose father died when she was a teenager, described herself as very close to her family. In a recent AP interview she said her family, which includes older siblings Julia and Jason, helped keep her grounded.
"My faith in God and my family, they're very realistic and very normal, they're not into the whole limelight kind of thing, so when I go home to Chicago that's just another place that's home," she said. "I stand in line with everybody else, or, when I go home to my mom I'm just Jennifer, (so she says), 'You get up and you take care of your own stuff.' And I love that; I don't like when people tell you everything you want to hear, I want to hear the truth, you know what I mean."
2008 AOL LLC. All Rights Reserved. // Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. // Copyright 2008, Reuters
2008-10-24 18:28:23
This is horrible and tragic. T&P to Ms.Hudson
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