Suspect dead in Texas after 8 people are killed at 3 locations in Joliet, Illinois [View all]

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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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