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.
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.
[5] Using surveillance footage from the shootings, the Sheriff's Office was able to identify the perpetrator and vehicle, but were unable to locate either.
Deputies then set up surveillance near Nance's home in the 2200 block of West Acres Road in Joliet at around midnight.
He said that Nance gave him the weapon he used to shoot one of the victims and that Hansen threw the gun into the nearby DuPage River.
[9] Shortly after the shootings, Kyleigh Cleveland-Singleton, the girlfriend of Romeo Nance was arrested and charged with felony obstruction of justice.