Suspect accused of killing 8 near Chicago was related to most of the victims, authorities say

Romeo Nance, 23, allegedly killed eight people in a shooting spree on Sunday. Authorities on Tuesday said they did not know a motive in the slayings.

The man accused of fatally shooting eight people near Chicago before fleeing to Texas and killing himself in a confrontation with U.S. marshals was related to most, if not all, of the victims, authorities said Tuesday.

However, it remained unclear why Romeo Nance, 23, would allegedly kill seven people at two homes in Joliet, Illinois, and another person in Joliet Township.

"We can’t get inside his head," Joliet Police Chief Bill Evans said at a news conference Tuesday afternoon. "We just don’t have any clue as to why he did what he did."

The shootings in the two homes occurred in the 2200 block of West Acres Road on Sunday, Evans told reporters. The seven victims found at the homes were ages 14 to 47, he added.

"We do know right now that there was a family relationship between the two residences," he said, naming Nance as a relative to the "vast majority" of the seven victims.

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