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William Evans, the Joliet Police Department Chief, says federal investigators were tracking murder suspect Romeo Nance for several hours while he crossed into Texas.
Will County officials Wednesday identified the relationship between suspected gunman Romeo Nance and seven of the eight people killed in Joliet on Sunday as his family members. The Will County coroner’s office and police identified the victims as Nance’s mother, Tameka Nance, 47; his aunt Christine Esters, 38; his uncle William Esters II, 35; his brother Joshua Nance, 31; his sister Alexandria .
The authorities in Illinois said they were searching for Romeo Nance, 23, after a spate of shootings on Sunday and Monday. Seven of the victims were found in two homes on the same block, they said.