Another shooting in the United States claimed 8 lives, and the 23-year-old attacker killed himself in a shootout with officers of the Marshall Service after a chase from the state of Illinois to the border between Mexico and Texas, the BBC reported.
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Romeo Nance, 23, was suspected of shooting eight people in the Chicago suburb of Joliet. The bodies of seven of the victims were found in two neighboring houses on Monday. The eighth person killed was found a day earlier elsewhere in the city. The discovery of the bodies was followed by a blockade of the city in search of the perpetrator, who local police described as “armed and dangerous”.
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In an official statement from the police station in Joliet, they announced that around 8:30 p.m. local time, Romeo Nance killed himself in the Texas city of Natalia after a shootout with US marshals.
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For reasons still unknown, the young man killed seven people in two houses on West Acres Road in Joliet. Deputy Sheriff Dan Jungles said five of the bodies were found with gunshot wounds in one building and the other two in the second. The victims are believed to be from the same family. The motive for the mass killing is unknown at this time, but investigators believe Romeo Nance knew his victims.
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“I’ve been a police officer for 25 years and this is probably the most horrific crime scene I’ve ever been on,” Jungles added.
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Romeo Nance tried to reach the US-Mexico border in a red Toyota Camry.
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2024-01-23 08:51:34
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