"Deadly Rampage: Unraveling the Joliet Mass Killings"

A 23-year-old man is suspected of shooting and killing eight people and injuring one in suburban Chicago before fatally shooting himself during a confrontation with law enforcement in Texas, marking the fourth mass killing in the U.S. this year. The nation has already seen the second-highest number on record of mass killings and deaths at this point in a single year, with a total of 20 deaths. Other mass killings this year include a domestic-related shooting in Tinley Park, Illinois, a fatal shooting in Richmond, Texas, and a 17-year-old boy charged with killing four members of a neighboring family in Reedley, California.