I just picked this up from AOL's Black Voices Blog:
Family members of Academy Award winning actress/singer Jennifer Hudson have been shot in Chicago. According to CBS affiliate WBBM-TV, Hudson's mother was found fatally shot in a South Side 
home earlier today. The Chicago Fire Department confirmed that two adults were found dead in a home at 70th Street and Yale Avenue. Willie Davis, pastor of the family's church, Pleasant Gift Missionary Baptist, confirms that 57-year-old Darnell Hudson Donerson was one of the victims. A neighbor told 'TMZ.com the other victim was Jennifer's brother Jason. But that has not been confirmed. A cousin, who lived nearby, reportedly discovered the bodies. More details have surfaced.
home earlier today. The Chicago Fire Department confirmed that two adults were found dead in a home at 70th Street and Yale Avenue. Willie Davis, pastor of the family's church, Pleasant Gift Missionary Baptist, confirms that 57-year-old Darnell Hudson Donerson was one of the victims. A neighbor told 'TMZ.com the other victim was Jennifer's brother Jason. But that has not been confirmed. A cousin, who lived nearby, reportedly discovered the bodies. More details have surfaced. "This is a very sad day to get that kind of news," Davis said. "This is really going to be a major, major blow to such a wonderful person ... But we know through our faith in God she'll get through it." He also told the CBS station that the J Records recording artist's relationship with her mother was "very close." The 'Spotlight' singer was expected to arrive in Chicago from Florida.
The other victim found at the crime scene around 3 p.m. was a man whose identity has not been disclosed. The shooting is believed to be domestic. According to 'TMZ.com,' an all-points-bulletin has been issued for the boy, believed to be Hudson's 7-year-old nephew (pictured right) who may have been taken from the scene. Police are looking for 1994 white Suburban with the license plate X584859.
A rep for the 'Dreamgirls' star could not be reached by deadline.
UPDATE - Police suspect that the man who committed the murders is William Balfour - Jennifer's sister Julia's husband.
Jennifer, Her Mom & Sister Julia
Balfour is NOT the father of the missing 7 year old. Balfour may be ARMED AND DANGEROUS. If you know of his whereabouts - please call the Chicago Police Department's EMERGENCY LINE
Wow, this is a terrible tragedy family. My heart and prayers go out to Ms. Hudson and her family at this difficult time.
"It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by their crude violence, their absolute incoherence, their absurd want of meaning, their entire lack of style."
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