New Delhi:

A person shot seven folks to demise earlier than killing himself with a handgun within the US, the authorities mentioned on Tuesday.

The taking pictures befell at two totally different properties in Joliet, Illinois and the suspect was recognized as Romeo Nance, the police mentioned.

While 5 folks have been discovered useless with gunshot wounds at a residence at 2212 West Acres Road, two different our bodies have been recovered from a home at 2225 West Acres Road, the Joliet Police Department mentioned in a press assertion.

Both of those shootings befell on January 21, 2024, the police mentioned.

“During this investigation, detectives quickly identified 23-year-old Romeo Nance as a suspect in the homicides on West Acres Road and it was believed that he was also involved in a fatal shooting being investigated by the Will County Sheriff’s Office as well as a non-fatal shooting in Joliet,” the police mentioned.

“At approximately 8:30 PM this evening (local time), the Joliet Police Department learned that Nance had been located by US Marshals near Natalia, Texas at which time it is believed that Nance took his own life with a handgun following a confrontation with Texas law enforcement officials,” the police added.

They mentioned that the identification of the victims and method of demise shall be decided by the Will County Coroner’s Office.

The US is combating a lot of mass shootings and incidents of gun violence.

According to knowledge collected by the Gun Violence Archive, which experiences American gun violence incidents, there have been over 875 gun deaths within the first three weeks of this 12 months.