Police are searching for a man after the bodies of seven people were found in two houses in Illinois, USA

The city of Joliet in Illinois was disturbed this Monday afternoon, after an active homicide investigation operation, detectives and officers found the bodies. Seven people were killed in shootings at two residences in the 2200 block of West Acres Road, officials reported to the local press, resulting in an intensive police search for the suspect. In the first house, officers found five dead, and in the second, two more.

23-year-old Romeo Nance was identified as the alleged perpetrator of the attack, which happened this Monday, January 22, at two houses across from each other. published as BBC. Nance is described by Joliet police as 6 feet tall and weighing about 180 pounds, and is believed to be attempting to flee in a red Toyota Camry. The police department warned that the vehicle, with Illinois license plate Q730412, was also linked to two other shootings on Sunday.

The Will County Sheriff’s Office detailed that an emergency call Sunday at Pheasant Run Apartments in the city of Joliet left a 28-year-old male victim with a gunshot wound to the head. Despite efforts by emergency crews to save his life, the man was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital. The victim was a native of Nigeria and had been living in America for about three years.

In another incident that same Sunday and about 10 minutes before the fatal incident, a 42-year-old man was found in the 200 block of Davis Street in Joliet with a gunshot wound to the leg, although in this case the injuries were not life-threatening. The Sheriff’s Office noted that the two victims of Sunday’s attack were unrelated and appeared to be “random in nature,” even though a Toyota Camry vehicle was involved in both crime scenes that day and during Monday’s incident.

The case, described by Joliet Police Chief Bill Evans as “probably the worst” he has faced in his career, is a warning to the community, he noted. CBS News. “I’ve been a police officer for 25 years,” Evans said. “This is probably the worst crime scene I’ve ever been involved with.”

Previous connections to Nance’s address were also detailed, and an arrest history suggested a link between the suspect and the victims. In fact, Nance has an active trial for an aggravated shooting case from 2023 while he was out on bail, he confirmed. ABC News.

“It is appalling that this is happening so close to home. I literally live about four doors down, and I have a little daughter, and it’s crazy,” said area resident Laura Benn. CBS News. “It’s a neighborhood, there’s a park at the end of the street. “It’s crazy that there are little kids, they get off the bus here.”

The case is being investigated based on the connection between the events of Sunday and Monday. At this time, operations to apprehend the suspect are intensifying, and the public’s cooperation is requested for any information that may lead to his location.