US: Man suspected of killing 7 people in Chicago found dead

Chicago, US - A man suspected to have shot and killed at least seven people, whose bodies were found inside two homes in the Chicago suburb of Joliet, was found dead from self-inflicted gunshot wounds, authorities said on Monday, as reported by ABC News.

Authorities earlier said that they had launched a hunt for a ‘dangerous’ suspect they identified as Romeo Nance, 23, who shot and killed seven people in two neighbouring houses in West Acres road in Joliet, Illionis, a city that is about 35km southwest of Chicago.

Nance had been located by US Marshals near Natalia, Texas, and it was ‘believed that Nance took his own life with a handgun following a confrontation with Texas law enforcement officials’, police said on Monday night (local time), according to ABC News

The first victim, a 28-yearold man described as a Nigerian immigrant was found shot in the head outdoors at an apartment complex in Joliet Township. He was declared dead at a hospital, Will County Sheriff’s Office said as reported by ABC News. Joliet is located inside Will County.

The deceased was later identified as Toyosi Bakare, who was from Nigeria but had been living for the past three years in the Will County area, according to Will County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Chief of Operations, Dan Jungles.

An hour before responding to the Pheasant Run Apartments call, where they found Bakare, Joliet Police officers responded to a call in Davis Street, where they said they discovered a 42-year-old man who was shot in the leg and hospitalised with non-lifethreatening injuries, the sheriff’s office said. The injured man was not identified.

Dan Jungles said Nance was a suspect in both the attacks.

Joliet Police Department in a post on X said: “At this moment, Detectives and Officers are conducting an active homicide investigation after officers located multiple deceased individuals who had sustained gunshot wounds in two homes in the 2200 block of West Acres Road.”

After Nance’s car - a red Toyota Camry - was seen near the scene of both Sunday shootings, the sheriff’s department had begun a surveillance at the 2200 block of West Acres, where Nance’s last known address is.