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Jennifer Hudson‘s mother and brother were found murdered in Chicago today.

A cousin who lives nearby found the bodies of 57-year-old Darnell Donerson and her son Jason in Donerson’s home on the South Side of Chicago. Both had been shot to death.

Officers were called to the 7000 block of Yale Avenue in the Englewood neighborhood just before 3 p.m. and the home was declared a crime scene.

Police have also issued an all points bulletin for Hudson’s 7-year-old nephew Julian King (pictured below), who may have been taken from the scene. Police are looking for a man known as “William.” He has braids in his hair, and could be driving a 1994 white Chevy Suburban with license plate X584859.

Jennifer Hudson was in Florida when she heard the news and is currently en route to Chicago.

Video of the crime scene