2024 Joliet shootings
shootings
On January 21, 2024, a familicide, and a mass shooting occurred when a gunman opened fire at several different locations. The gunman, who was later identified as 23-year-old Romeo Nance, shot nine people on three separate occasions across various locations in and around Joliet, Illinois. The perpetrator, who was related to the many of the victims, killed seven in two separate residences on West Acres Road, and killed one and wounded another in a seemingly random drive-by shooting spree. The gunman subsequently committed suicide a day later due to being confronted by law enforcement officials near Natalia, Texas. It remains the deadliest mass shooting by a lone gunman in Illinois’ history.
Shootings
At around 4:15 pm CST, the perpetrator, Romeo Nance, drove by a 42-year-old man who was getting items out of his car in the 200 block of Davis Street in Joliet. Nance briefly stopped and the two exchanged words before Nance drove on. After the man crossed the street, Nance returned from the other direction and opened fire, striking the man in the leg before driving away.
Around 10 minutes later, the Will County Sheriff's Office responded to the Pheasant Run Apartments complex in Preston Heights, where officers discovered 28-year-old Toyosi Bakare with a gunshot wound to the head. Bakare was transported to a local hospital where he later died from his injuries.
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