JOLIET, Ill. (CBS) — Investigators have not yet determined a motive for the shooting deaths of eight people in Joliet after the suspected gunman was found dead by apparent suicide in Texas on Monday night.
“We can’t get inside his head. We just don’t have any clue as to why he did what he did,” Joliet Police Chief Bill Evans said Tuesday afternoon of the suspected shooter, 23-year-old Romeo Nance.
Evans said investigators believe the shooting spree began at two homes across the street from each other in the 2200 block of West Acres Road on Sunday, although the seven people who were killed there were not found until Monday morning.
“It’s had a tremendous impact on my agency, both mentally and physically,” said Evans.
Five people – two girls, ages 14 and 16; two women, ages 20 and 38; and a 38-year-old man – were found dead in one house at 2225 W. Acres Rd., and two people – a 35-year-old man and a 47-year-old woman – were found dead in the other at 2212 W. Acres Rd., Evans said.