Business & Tech

Lane Bryant Shooting Victims Remembered With $10,000 Donation

Connie R. Woolfolk of Flossmoor was among those killed in the 2008 Tinley Park shooting.

By Lauren Traut

T.J. Maxx will open Nov. 7 in its new 23,000-square-foot home in Brookside Marketplace, in the building that formerly housed a Lane Bryant store where five women were killed in 2008. 

As part of its grand opening, the company announced it will donate $10,000 to Tinley Park charity Together We Cope, in memory of victims Connie R. Woolfolk of Flossmoor; Sarah T. Szafranski of Oak Forest; Carrie Hudek Chiuso of Frankfort, Rhoda McFarland of Joliet, and Jennifer L. Bishop, 34, of South Bend, Ind.

The store is relocating from its current Tinley Park home, at 16025 S. Harlem Ave. to its space near the intersection of 191st and Harlem Avenue. Customers are invited to get the first look at new location, open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Nov. 7.

TJX Cos., which owns T.J. Maxx, also operates a HomeGoods store at Brookside Marketplace. T.J. Maxx boasts a selection of 16,000 brands in clothing, accessories, home decor, beauty items, pet accessories, toys and more. 

The fresh name will be a welcome addition to a part of Brookside that has struggled since a gunman shot and killed the five women during a robbery gone awry Feb. 2, 2008. The gunman is still at large. 


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