Surrounded by police, the perpetrator of the murder of eight people committed suicide in the suburbs of Chicago

A man suspected of shooting and killing eight people in suburban Chicago shot himself to death after a confrontation with law enforcement officers in Texas, police said Monday night.

Police in Joliet, Illinois said on Facebook Around 8:30 p.m. Central time, Romeo Nance, 23, was located by US Marshals near Natalia, Texas, and Nance shot himself after a struggle.

The Medina County Sheriff’s Office in Texas said on Facebook that the agency received a call Suspect in Chicago homicide in county on Interstate 35. A confrontation followed between Nance and police from multiple agencies at a gas station, where Nance shot himself, the sheriff’s office said.

Nance is suspected of shooting to death eight people at three locations in the Chicago suburbs, leaving neighbors nervous early Monday morning when police warned he was still at large and should be taken into account. “Armed and Dangerous”.

Police in Will County, Illinois, and Joliet County previously said so He did not know the motive for the killings, but said Nance knew the victims. Joliet Police Chief William Evans said the FBI’s Fugitive Task Force was assisting local police in their search for the suspect.

The victims were found at three separate residences on Sunday and MondayAuthorities told reporters at a news conference Monday night.

One of the slain people was found Sunday in a Will County home. Seven other people were found Monday in two homes on the same block of Joliet, located about 6 miles (9.6 kilometers) northwest of the scene where police first discovered it.

Authorities said they also believe Nance was connected to another shooting Sunday in Joliet that left one person injured, but they would not discuss their evidence.

“I’ve been a police officer for 29 years and this is probably it The worst crime scene That’s what I’m involved with,” Evans said Monday night during a news conference outside the Joliet House.

Will County Deputy Chief Dan Jungles said during a Monday news conference that deputies had been watching a home since Sunday night in case Nance, the suspect in the first fatal shooting, returned with them. Nance’s last known address was one of the homes, police said.

When no one showed up, officers eventually went to the door of a home. No one answered, so they crossed the street to another house, which they knew was connected to the first, and found the first body. Five bodies were found in one house and two in another house.

Jungles said he still has no clue how long the people in the homes have been dead. An autopsy is pending, he said.

Evans said the victims found in the homes Monday were members of his family. When asked if the victims were family members of the suspect, Jungles said he could not comment other than to say the suspect knew them.

Teresa Smart She lives about a block from where the seven victims were found and said she was worried she and her family couldn’t sleep Monday night.

“This hits too close to home,” he said, pointing to police cars blocking streets throughout the neighborhood.

“I look out the window and check the doors,” he said. “It’s so scary”.

Joliet police said in a Facebook post Monday afternoon that they were investigating “multiple” people found dead and shared a photo of Nance and images of the vehicle. Authorities identified the vehicle as a red Toyota Camry.

Earlier Monday, the Will County Sheriff’s Office shared images of the same car via Facebook and said it was seen at the scenes of two separate shootings Sunday afternoon.

(with information from AP)