Suspect dead in Texas after 8 people are killed at 3 locations in Joliet, Illinois

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Suspect dead in Texas after 8 people are killed at 3 locations in Joliet, Illinois

By Megan Hickey, Marybel Gonzalez, Dave Savini, Adam Harrington
Updated on: January 22, 2024 / 10:41 PM CST / CBS Chicago

JOLIET, Ill. (CBS) -- Eight people were found shot and killed in three different locations over two days in Joliet, and the suspect in the slayings was also found dead by a suspected suicide 1,200 miles away Monday night, police said.

The apparent self-inflicted gunshot death of 23-year-old Romeo Nance in Texas followed a manhunt by multiple law enforcement agencies.

At a news conference, Joliet police Chief Bill Evans said at 12:04 p.m. Monday, his officers were notified by the Will County Sheriff's office about several people found dead in two separate houses in the 2200 block of West Acres Road, near Madison Street.

Responding officers found a total of seven people in two houses who had all been shot dead, Evans said.

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1. smh

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2. Here's an article that has info on the victims.

Several victims in Joliet, Illinois shootings were related to suspect, police said

JOLIET, Ill. (CBS) – Most of the shooting victims at three different locations in southwest suburban Joliet were related to each other and the suspected shooter, police said.

Authorities shared new information about some of the eight people who were killed in the shooting spree. A ninth victim was also shot but survived.

The suspected shooter, Romeo Nance, 23, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Texas following a manhunt on Monday.

On Tuesday, Joliet and Will County authorities said seven of the victims found shot to death in two homes on the city's west side were all related in some way to each other and to Nance.

More, including names: https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/joliet-shooting-victims/

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3. This Is 6 Blocks From Where I Lived...

...the entire 1970s.
About 200 yards from the west side hospital, and 3 blocks from a big public HS.
What a horrible day for that family.