>Democratic U.S. Rep. Sean Casten’s 17-year-old daughter, Gwen, died Monday morning at the family’s Downers Grove home, his office and police announced.
>Downers Grove police went to the Casten home about 6:50 a.m. Monday after receiving a call about an unresponsive teen, the department said in a news release. Gwen was dead, first responders determined, and the DuPage County coroner’s office was called. Her death is under investigation.
>Casten’s office released a brief statement Monday night. “The Casten family requests privacy, and we will be issuing no further comment during this heartbreaking time,” the statement said, in part. A spokesman for Casten, who serves the 6th District and is seeking reelection this year, declined to comment further.
>A recent Downers Grove North High School graduate, Gwen Casten was an honor roll student and an Illinois State Scholar. She was active with the Downers Grove North Empowerment Club and the student newspaper, the Omega.
>Last year, she and her father wrote about the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol for the Omega.
>Gwen also was a leader with the student-led March For Our Lives gun control group.
>the only picture he has of her is her ignoring him and playing on her phone kek
Carter King
>Gwen also was a leader with the student-led March For Our Lives gun control group. She deserved it. Imagine people trying to ban harmless guns and getting a jab of death. No gun ever gave me clots.
