2024 Joliet shootings
| 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. It was the deadliest mass shooting in the United States in 2024, as well as the deadliest in Illinois history, surpassing the shootings in Highland Park and Palatine.