JOLIET, Ill. (CBS) — A man has been arrested in connection with a series of eight murders in Joliet, Illinoisin January of this year, the Will County Sheriff’s Office says.
Officials say Jon W. Hansen, 24, of Shorewood, is charged with three counts of murder, one count of attempted first-degree murder and one count of aggravated assault with a firearm.
Officials say Hansen admitted during a Jan. 27 interview to being with suspected gunman Romeo Nance during the two Joliet-area shootings of Mario Guerrero and Toyosi Bakare on Jan. 21. Nance, 23, later fled to Texas and took his own life during a chase. Officials say Hansen told investigators that Nance gave him the gun he used to shoot one of the victims and threw it into the DuPage River near his home.
Hansen declined to provide more information, but detectives say they found a loaded black Springfield Armory XDS pistol on February 5 during a search of the DuPage River near Westshore Drive and Picnic Street in Shorewood, Illinois.
Hansen was arrested Friday and taken into custody on a no-bail warrant. He is awaiting his first court appearance.
