Romeo Nance Obituary – According to police, the majority of the individuals who were shot at three different locations in southwest suburban Joliet were related to each other and the suspected shooter. Authorities have provided new details about the victims of the shooting spree, revealing that eight people were killed while one victim survived.
The suspected shooter, Romeo Nance, 23, was found dead in Texas from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a manhunt on Monday. Joliet and Will County authorities announced on Tuesday that seven of the victims found shot to death in two homes on the west side of the city were connected to Nance in some way. The two houses were located across the street from each other on West Acres Road. Five individuals were discovered dead in one house at 2225 W. Acres Rd., while two were found dead in the other at 2212 W. Acres Rd., as reported by the sheriff’s office.
The Will County Coroner’s Office has identified most of the victims as Christine Esters, 38, Tameka Nance, 47, William Esters II, 35, Joshua Nance, 31, and Alexandria Nance, 20. Two teenage girls, aged 16 and 14, were also found dead, but their names have not been released by the coroner’s office. All of the victims were fatally shot. Police have connected the shootings at the two homes to two other shootings that occurred approximately a 10-minute drive away at an apartment complex, as well as to Nance. At the apartment complex, Toyosi Baccari, 28, originally from Nigeria, was found with a gunshot wound to the head and later died at a hospital. He is not believed to be related to the other victims.
In another incident, the only surviving victim was captured on surveillance video walking towards his car when a red sedan, driven by Nance according to the police, passed by twice and fired nine shots out of the window, hitting him in the leg. A neighbor informed CBS2 that the surviving victim had been residing at the complex for approximately five years and had never encountered any issues. “He never throws parties. I don’t even think he drinks. He doesn’t smoke. He doesn’t do anything,” the neighbor stated. “All he does is work on cars, and for something like this to happen to him, you know, some people, I just can’t comprehend it.”