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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. [4] [5] It is the deadliest mass shooting in Illinois history, surpassing the shootings in Highland Park and Palatine. It is also the deadliest mass shooting ...
Robbery. Witness elimination. The Brown's Chicken massacre was a mass murder that occurred on January 8, 1993, in Palatine, Illinois, when two robbers shot and killed seven employees at a Brown's Chicken fast-food restaurant. The case remained unsolved for nearly nine years, until one of the assailants was implicated by his girlfriend in 2002.
Organized crime – notable homicides involving the Italian-American organized crime syndicate or crime family based in Chicago. These include the 1929 Saint Valentine's Day Massacre and the 1977 murder of Sam Giancana. Lynchings and race riots – homicides associated with lynching and race riots. These include the 1844 Killing of Joseph Smith ...
July 23, 2024 at 1:56 PM. Body-camera footage showing the fatal police shooting of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman who had called 911 for help, was released Monday in a case that has led ...
July 17, 2022 at 1:41 PM. Google Maps/Screengrab. A Bulldog Ale House customer got into an argument with a restaurant employee and before leaving, he fired 18 shots into the pub chain, authorities ...
Updated July 13, 2024 at 8:59 PM. A woman in Illinois was fatally shot by law enforcement last week after she called authorities because she was scared an intruder was in her home, according to ...
Palatine, Illinois: 7 0 7: Brown's Chicken Massacre: Two robbers entered a Brown's Chicken restaurant and murdered seven employees. The two were arrested and convicted in 2007 and 2009. [49] December 19, 1992 Milwaukee, Wisconsin: 4 0 4: A man shot four teenage girls to death in a dispute between two drug houses. [50] December 14, 1992
Jeffrey and Jill Erickson. Jeffrey E. Erickson (1958–1992) and Jill Sandra Erickson (née Cohen; 1964–1991) were an American married criminal couple from Illinois known for committing a series of violent bank robberies. The Ericksons are believed to have committed eight bank robberies in the Chicago metropolitan area in 1990 and 1991.