Gunman shot self after killing eight people in mass shooting in Chicago

Police in Will County in Illinois and Joliet previously said they did not know of a motive for the killings, but said Nance knew the victims

Police work a scene in Joliet, Illinois after multiple people were shot and killed over two days at three locations in the Chicago suburbs (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

A man suspected of shooting and killing eight people in suburban Chicago is believed to have fatally shot himself after a confrontation with law enforcement officials in Texas, police said.

Police in Joliet, Illinois, said on Facebook that at about 8.30pm local time on Monday, 23-year-old Romeo Nance was located by US Marshals near Natalia, Texas, and that Nance shot himself after a confrontation.