Posted on 06/14/2022 4:53:28 AM PDT by dennisw
Congressman Sean Casten's daughter dies aged 17: Teen is pronounced dead at family home - days after her father spoke of his 'tremendous pride' after she organized training on how save someone's life from a gunshot wound
Rep. Sean Casten's 17-year-old daughter Gwen Casten died on Monday morning The teenager died at the family's Downers Grove home, local police said
Days before her death, Casten said he had 'tremendous pride' in his daughter She was an anti-gun violence advocate and organized training in her school to teach kids how to pack a gunshot wound Last year, Gwen and her father co-wrote an article about the Capitol insurrection
She described her fear at learning her father was in danger and how she felt no hope for her country
Illinois Congressman Sean Casten's 17-year-old daughter Gwen died on Monday morning at their family home.
The suburban Chicago Democrat's office said that the Casten family requests privacy after Gwen passed away without providing further details about her death.
'This morning, Congressman Casten's beloved daughter, Gwen, 17, passed away. The Casten family requests privacy, and we will be issuing no further comment during this heartbreaking time,' the office said on Monday.
The teenager died at the family's Downers Grove home, police told the Chicago Tribune.
Downers Grove police officers were called to the house just before 7am 'for an unresponsive 17-year-old female', the police said, according to the outlet. 'First responders determined that the subject was deceased.'
Gwen was active in the political sphere and followed in the footsteps of her father by fighting for social causes that she was passionate about, such as gun control.
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