Breaking News : Father and daughters shot dead in Chicago

Two young children and their father were shot and killed early Saturday in a suburban Chicago home, according to a report.

Neighbors in Hazel Crest are wondering why anyone would want to kill the two little girls, India Neely, 3, and Elle Neely, 10, Fox 32 Chicago reported.

The station reported that the girls' father, Dinous Neely, 39, was also killed.

Police said Neely may have been the target, WLS-TV reported. His lengthy rap sheet included included drug-related arrests.

"I was woken up at 2 o'clock by the gun shots and, and just kind of waited a minute. Then I heard the mother screaming, "My babies, my babies,'" neighbor Joann Polzin told the station.

Neighbors told Fox 32 that someone may have fired bullets at the house about six weeks ago.She's a beautiful child and so full of life,” said Antoine James, who works as the janitor at Elle Neely’s school. “Immediately when I saw the name, I knew who it was.  I took off out of the house like it was on fire because I'm attached to these kids in the neighborhood.”

Hazel Crest police spent most of the day taking photos of the scene, talking to neighbors, carrying out evidence and walking a K9 around the perimeter of their crime scene. There are several bullet holes in the house at 2405 Crescent, but neighbors said some of those were from another incident about a month and a half ago.

James fought back tears thinking about what this loss will mean to the students and staff at Jesse White Academy.

“No one deserves to go out like that, no one.  No one should take the law into their own hands and do something like that,” James said. “Turn yourself in.  It's only gonna get worse the longer you run.  Turn yourself in.”