Randall Coffland
Randall Coffland
Randall Coffland was a veteran IT manager who worked as an analyst and network management specialist for various companies throughout the Carol Stream and Chicago, Illinois areas. Before his death, he was the infrastructure manager of Much Shelist, P.C.
Personal Life
Randall was married to Anjum, and they both had twin daughters, Brittany and Tiffany Coffland. He and his wife had ultimately separated, and Anjum moved to a different apartment.
Homicide & Suicide
On Friday night, March 9, 2017, at the Randall Cofflands' luxury Milestone Row condominium complex at 450 S. First St., a commotion broke out.
A call was made to 911 where Randall admits to having killed her daughter and that he was now ready to turn the gun upon himself.
[1] One girl was found on the couch and the other in their bedroom.
Their mother, Anjum, was shot once; the bullet hit both her legs.
She was transferred to the nearby hospital and survived.
When officers arrived they found the girls (Tiffany and Brittany Coffland) and their 48-year-old father dead, all three from single gunshot wounds to the head, police said.
Anjum Coffland, 46, was listed in stable condition Sunday at Delnor Community Hospital, they said.
Police called the incident a domestic situation.
St. Charles police have been working with the Kane County state's attorney and the Kane County Major Crimes Task Force in the investigation.
A 9mm handgun was found near Randall Coffland's body.
A second handgun was also found inside the residence.
Randall Coffland had a valid Firearm Owners Identification Card, but police were still trying to determine Sunday whether he owned the guns or got them from someone else, Kintz said.
911 Call
Sources reveal an audio clip of the 911 call Randall Coffland made after shooting his family: [1]
Dispatcher: 9-1-1.
Randall Coffland: I just shot and killed my two kids. And I shot my wife. And I'm going to shoot myself now.
Dispatcher: What address are you at?
Randall Coffland: What?
Dispatcher: What address are you at?
Randall Coffland: 450 South First Street and [?] unit 406. I'm going to kill myself now too. My two girls are dead, and Iām killing myself.
Dispatcher: Sir, sir, sir, sir...
Randall Coffland: I'm going to kill myself.
Dispatcher: All right, so, 450 South First Street at St. Charles.
Dispatcher: Sir, sir, stay on the line with me... Sir? Hello?
On another phone call, the neighbor calls 911 to address the same incident: [1]
Dispatcher: 911, do you have an emergency?
Neighbor: Yes, I do. I'm at-- sorry, 450 South First Street. We need an ambulance for Unit 406.
Dispatcher: Okay, yeah, we already got them on the way. What's going on?
Neighbor: She says her girls are dead.
Dispatcher: Okay.
Neighbor: Something happened.
Dispatcher: Is she injured at all?
Neighbor: She's not injured. She's not injured. She's sitting on the floor.
Dispatcher: What room unit are you in?
Neighbor: I'm in Unit 405. She's in Unit 406.
Dispatcher: All right. Just make sure you lock the door and get into a safe place.
Neighbor: Me? Okay. And then-- somebody's coming right away?
Dispatcher: Somebody's already on the way.
Neighbor: Okay.
Dispatcher: Stay on the line with me, okay?
Neighbor: Thank you. Okay. [to another person] Somebody's coming right now.
Dispatcher: So who is this person? Do we know?
Neighbor: Oh my gosh. I think it's the mother.
Dispatcher: The mother.
Neighbor: I think it's the mother. She's sitting in a pool of blood. [pause] I can see blood coming out behind her.
Dispatcher: But she's not injured?
Neighbor: She doesn't seem injured. She's just sitting down.
Dispatcher: Did she say who did this, ma'am?
Neighbor: She said her girls are dead. She's saying, "My girls are dead."
Dispatcher: One second, please. Stay on the line, though. [long pause] All right, ma'am, has anything changed at all?
Neighbor: No, she's-- the mother is just sitting in the--
Dispatcher: I know it's a very stressful situation, but just keep her as calm as you can. We have police [?] and paramedics will be there shortly thereafter. Just try to hold up, okay?
Neighbor: Okay. [panic in the background; at this point, Anjum is with the neighbor]
Dispatcher: Ma'am, ma'am?
Neighbor: Yeah.
Dispatcher: Are the officers with you, or no?
Neighbor: No, not yet. Not yet.
Dispatcher: Okay.
Neighbor: [To Anjum] Try to stay calm. Where are you shot? In your foot? [To the officer] She was shot in her foot, or her leg. [To Anjum] Stay still. Stay as still as you can. Stay as still as you can and try to just breathe, take deep breaths, in and out...
Dispatcher: All right, ma'am I want you-- yeah I want you to, if you can, put a clean cloth over the wound and apply direct pressure and just keep it elevated as much as possible, okay?
Neighbor: Okay. All right.
Dispatcher: I just want to confirm, though, you guys are safe at the moment in Unit 405, correct?
Neighbor: No, I'm in Unit 406. She's in Unit 406. I'm in her unit right now.
Dispatcher: Oh, you're in 406?
Neighbor: Yeah, the police are here.
Dispatcher: Okay, I'll let you go [?] then.
Another 911 dispatcher fielded a call from Anjum Coffland after being shot in the leg.
While the aforementioned conversations take place, you can hear the police dispatcher conversation with Anjum Coffland in the background.
Anjum: Come here now! Oh my God, my husband shot my kids! [...] My daughters are dead!
Sources claim that you could hear him shouting to his wife, "I want you to live and suffer like I did.ā
Education
He attended College of DuPage and received his AAS in Accounting. He then also attended DeVry University where he received his BS in Information technology.
Career
Randall Coffland worked as an IT manager at a Chicago law firm.
His background is in the Windows / VMware arena, and his other interests over the last couple of years have included Linux (CentOS / Red Hat), Cloud-based infrastructures (AWS, Azure) and automation tools (Chef, DSC). He considered himself a "hands-on" manager with a large technical skillset and
also enjoyed leading and directing IT Departments to set the overall vision and strategy.
He had a solid and diverse IT background including virtualization, programming, networking and server operating systems in a 20+ year career.
His technology skill set focused on VMware, Windows Servers (2003-2012), Linux (Red Hat, CentOS) and Automation (Chef, PowerShell, DSC) and Network and Application Monitoring. He worked with databases for over 20 years both from an administrative perspective as well as SQL programming.