A few hours after the Joliet massacre near Chicago, Illinois, the hunt continues for the young man who killed seven people in two different homes of the same family that afternoon. And an eighth victim, Toysi Bakare, 28 years old, originally from Nigeria, who died on Sunday, January 22, is believed to be linked to the massacre. The suspected murderer, Romeo Nance, 23, knew the victims, police said Monday evening. Nance shot a woman last year and was out on bail pending trial.
“I've been a police officer for 29 years,” commented Joliet Police Chief Bill Evans, “and I have to say this is probably the worst crime scene I've ever seen.” The alarm was raised Monday afternoon when police raised an anonymous Received a call reporting a shooting. When officers entered two neighboring apartments on the sides of the same street, they found two bodies in one house and another five in the nearby one. Everyone belongs to the same family unit.
The “armed and dangerous” killer was seen running away in a red Toyota, the same car that had been reported in two shootings the day before, one of which involved the Nigerian, a man who had arrived in the United States, died. three years earlier. Ten minutes earlier, a 42-year-old woman had been shot in the leg, but her life was not in danger.