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A man murdered eight people in Illinois before killing himself hundreds of miles away. His motive is a mystery

Source: via REUTERS

A man suspected of killing eight people in a Chicago suburb took his own life following a confrontation with federal law enforcement hundreds of miles away in Texas.

near Natalia, , more than 1,000 miles from where he is believed to have killed eight people at three locations on Sunday and Monday in the south Chicago suburb of Joliet.

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