Jennifer Hudson hudsonmom.jpgJennifer Hudson's mother, 57-year-old Darnelle Donerson, and her brother, Jason Hudson, have been found shot to death inside their home outside of Chicago.

A 7 year-old boy believed to be Donerson's grandson, appears to have been kidnapped from the scene.

The Cook County medical examiner's office says officials were dispatched Friday afternoon to a South Side home where the bodies of a man and a woman were found, according to the Associated Press.

Jennifer is reportedly en route from Tampa to Chicago to be with her family. The Dreamgirls and The Secret Life of Bees star was recently engaged to her boyfriend David Otunga.

This is tragic beyond words. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Jennifer and her family.