Police were searching Monday near Chicago a man suspected of having shot dead at least seven people in two different homes in the suburbs of this northern city USAthe authorities reported.
“A total of seven people were found shot dead” in two residences, he declared at a press conference Bill EvansJoliet police chief, Illinois.
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“We are currently searching for a suspect named Romeo Nance”he said, adding that the subject, 23 years old, lived in the area of the shootings.
Police were also searching for a vehicle related to what they described as shootings “random” in the area a day earlier, which left one man dead and another seriously injured.
Shootings are common in USAa country in which there are more weapons than people and where attempts to repress their proliferation always meet with a tough resistance.
Surveys show that the majority of voters is at please controls stricter regulations on the use and purchase of firearms.
However, the gun lobby is very influential and the courts have ruled that the constitutional right to carry weapons applies to private owners.
