At a Lane Bryant Store, reportedly. Five women were killed.

CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) — A gunman who shot and killed five women in a clothing store at a suburban Chicago strip mall Saturday remains at large, police said.

Creepy. When incidents like this occur, it makes me not want to go outside. It’s a form of terrorism…

Authorities do not know the motive for the shooting at the Lane Bryant store, said Tinley Park police Sgt. T.J. Grady. The victims’ identities were not released.

Grady told reporters that a 911 call reporting the shooting came in at 10:44 a.m.

Tinley Park is in my neck of the woods.

The gunman was described as an African-American man, about 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing between 230 and 260 pounds, Grady said. He was wearing a waist-length black winter coat, a black cap and dark jeans.

Police appealed to the public for help, urging anyone with information to contact police at 708-444-5368.

The Chicago Tribune reported the shopping center is just south of Interstate 80 and contains a Super Target, a Kohl’s clothing store and several restaurants.

Update:

The victims’ ages ranged from 22 to 37. Four were from the Chicago area; one was from South Bend, Ind. At least one was a store employee.

The family of Carrie Hudek Chiuso, 33, of Frankfort, identified the young woman as one of the victims. Chiuso was shopping when she was slain.

Greg Zanis, of Sugar Grove, Ill., puts up five crosses and leaves flowers as police investigate the shooting at the Lane Bryant store at the Brookside shopping center in Tinley Park, Ill., Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008. A gunman fatally shot five people at a store in a suburban Chicago strip mall and fled Saturday, prompting police to sweep through neighboring shops looking for the suspect as terrified customers looked on. (AP Photo/Jerry Lai) (Jerry Lai - AP)

Five women; a manager and four customers; were herded into the back room of the Lane Bryant clothing store and shot to death shortly after it opened on Saturday.

Police were searching Monday for the gunman. Police have released little information about the crime, including any detailed description of the suspect. The shooting appeared to be the result of a robbery attempt, police said. -Washington Post, February 4

Update: Four of the women killed were identified Sunday: Sarah Szafranski, 22, of Oak Forest; Connie R. Woolfolk, 37, of Flossmoor; Jennifer L. Bishop, 34, of South Bend, Ind.; and Rhoda McFarland, 42, of Joliet. On Saturday, family members confirmed the other victim of the shooting was 33-year-old Carrie Hudek Chiuso of Frankfort.

There was one survivor, who was not identified-and was taken to Medical Centers in Olympia Fields for treatment, then released early on Sunday.

Reportedly, they were all bound before they were shot in the back of their heads. The survivor’s bullet passed through her neck and missed vital organs.

On Sunday when Woolfolk’s relatives went to claim her body they found signs of bruising as though she had been struck or beaten, according to her cousin, Emmit Suddoth. Police wouldn’t confirm that information.