| 2024 Joliet shootings | |
|---|---|
| Location | Joliet, Illinois & Preston Heights, Illinois, United States |
| Date | January 21, 2024 (UTC−05:00) |
Attack type | Mass shooting, mass murder, spree shooting, familicide, murder-suicide, matricide, Drive-by shooting |
| Weapons | |
| Deaths | 9 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 1 |
| Perpetrator | Romeo Alexander Nance |
On January 21, 2024, a gunman opened fire on three separate occasions in and around Joliet, Illinois. A total of eight people were killed, and one person was injured. The perpetrator, 23-year-old Romeo Nance, who was related to seven of the victims, fatally shot himself a day later after being confronted by law enforcement officials near Natalia, Texas.[4][5] It is the deadliest mass shooting in Illinois history, surpassing the shootings in Highland Park and Palatine. To date, it is the deadliest mass shooting of 2024.
It is believed that the weapon used in this incident was a 9-millimeter handgun.
diver found a loaded black Springfield Armory XDS pistol
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The 9mm handgun shown in this picture is two aftermarket parts (a Polymer80 PFC9 Compact frame with a Live Free Armory LF19 Elite slide (9mm)) put together.